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41 | <th width="20%">type or manufacturer[year of construction]</th> |
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42 | <th width="10%">storage</th> |
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43 | <th width="15%">attached periphery</th> |
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44 | <th width="55%">annotations</th> |
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47 | <td><b>Antia</b>[1962]</td> |
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48 | <td>thyratrons</td> |
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49 | <td>-</td> |
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50 | <td>The world's first electronic desk calculator. First generation, |
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51 | tube technology (especially thyratrons). Nixie-display</td> |
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52 | </tr> |
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53 | <tr> |
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54 | <td><b>IME 84</b>[1964]</td> |
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55 | <td>core memory</td> |
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56 | <td>-</td> |
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57 | <td>The worlds's first transistorised desk calculator. |
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58 | Nixie-display</td> |
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59 | </tr> |
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60 | <tr> |
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61 | <td><b>Canola 130</b>[1965]</td> |
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62 | <td>flip-flop</td> |
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63 | <td>-</td> |
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64 | <td>first calculator with "floodlight display", |
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65 | transistor technology</td> |
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66 | </tr> |
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67 | <tr> |
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68 | <td><b>WANDERER Conti</b>[1965]</td> |
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69 | <td>core memory</td> |
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70 | <td>-</td> |
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71 | <td>The world's first printing electonical desktop calculator. |
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72 | It uses threaded ROM for very simple and solid programs.</td> |
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73 | </tr> |
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74 | <tr> |
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75 | <td><b>FRIDEN 130, FRIDEN 132</b>[1965]</td> |
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76 | <td>delay line memory</td> |
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77 | <td>-</td> |
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78 | <td>The world's first desk calculator with display on |
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79 | cathode ray tube; 4 registers are displayed |
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80 | (with germanium transistors). Type 132 is featured with |
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81 | automatic square root calculation.</td> |
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82 | </tr> |
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84 | <td><b>Olivetti Programma 101</b>[1965]</td> |
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85 | <td>delay line memory</td> |
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86 | <td>integrated reader for magnetic cards</td> |
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87 | <td>First desk calculator that saves programs on magnetic cards |
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88 | (stores up to 120 instructions). The delay line memory has a |
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89 | capacity of 240 Byte. Pure transistor technology</td> |
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90 | </tr> |
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91 | <tr> |
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92 | <td><b>IME 86</b>[1966]</td> |
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93 | <td>core memory</td> |
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94 | <td>remote control</td> |
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95 | <td>Nixie-display. Lovely designed remote control</td> |
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96 | </tr> |
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97 | <tr> |
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98 | <td><b>DIEHL Combitron</b>[1966]</td> |
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99 | <td>delay line memory</td> |
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100 | <td>punchcard reader and puncher</td> |
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101 | <td>Germany's first freely <i>programmable</i> desk calculator. |
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102 | <br />The complete version is extremely rare. The device's |
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103 | calculator features only 130 transistors. The operating system |
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104 | is internally booted from metallic punchcards. Rarity!</td> |
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105 | </tr> |
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107 | <td><b>WANG 320 S</b>[1966/67]</td> |
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108 | <td>core memory</td> |
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109 | <td>punchcard reader, manual punchcard reader</td> |
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110 | <td>One of the world's first scientific programmable desktop |
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111 | calculators. Extremely rare. 2 of 4 pluggable keyboards. |
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112 | Pure transistor technology. Very fast computation of |
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113 | exponents and logarithms.</td> |
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114 | </tr> |
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115 | <tr> |
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116 | <td><b>HP 9100 A bzw. 9100 B</b>[1968]</td> |
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117 | <td>core memory</td> |
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118 | <td>incl. attached printer</td> |
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119 | <td>First desktop calculator by HP. Totally scientific, threaded ROM. |
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120 | Recording programs on magnetical cards. CRT display. Transitor |
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121 | technology</td> |
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122 | </tr> |
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123 | <tr> |
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124 | <td><b>WANG 700</b>[1969/70]</td> |
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125 | <td>2KB core memory</td> |
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126 | <td>Complex printer (standalone device) that can plot, too. Mark |
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127 | Sense Card Reader, punchcard reader, DIN A0 flatbed plotter, |
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128 | additionally alphanumerical keyboard, Microface, double cassette |
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129 | drive with formated bands.</td> |
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130 | <td>Milestone of computer engineering! First IC-technology (DTL, TTL). |
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131 | Very intricately threaded ROM. Many years the world's fastest |
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132 | desk calculator. Big doublespaced display featuring nixie tubes |
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133 | (x-, y- Register), program storage on cassetts. Extremely expensive |
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134 | device (28.000 DM + many more than 50.000 DM for |
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135 | periphery). Very rare.</td> |
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136 | </tr> |
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137 | <tr> |
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138 | <td><b>WANG 550</b>[1971]</td> |
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139 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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140 | <td>-</td> |
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141 | <td>trimmed-down version of the WANG 700 - single-line nixie tubes |
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142 | display, thermal printer, cassette drive.</td> |
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143 | </tr> |
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145 | <td><b>HP 9810</b>[1971]</td> |
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146 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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147 | <td>Plotter, paper tape reader, external cassette drive</td> |
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148 | <td>Has the same logic like the HP 9100, but was built with |
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149 | TTL-technology. First device with LED-display (3 lines). |
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150 | Magnetic card reader, thermal printer</td> |
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151 | </tr> |
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153 | <td><b>WANG 600</b>[1972]</td> |
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154 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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155 | <td>printer/plotter, Mark Sense Card Reader</td> |
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156 | <td>Perfomance-related viewn it is set between the WANG 700 and the WANG 500. |
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157 | Still with threaded ROM. Programs on cassettes.</td> |
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158 | </tr> |
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159 | <tr> |
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160 | <td><b>HP 9820</b>[1972]</td> |
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161 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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162 | <td>Printer, plotter, punchcard reader, external cassette drive</td> |
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163 | <td>World's first desk calculator with algebraical language and |
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164 | alphanumerical display on a 5x7 dots LED-matrix, Magnetic card |
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165 | reader, thermal printer</td> |
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166 | </tr> |
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168 | <td><b>HP 9830</b>[1972]</td> |
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169 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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170 | <td>Thermal printer, plotter, high speed paper tape puncher, |
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171 | paper tape reader</td> |
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172 | <td>The world's first BASIC-programmable desktop calculator. |
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173 | Alphanumerical display for 32 chars on a 5x7-dots LED-matrix. |
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174 | A calculator with so much periphery is very rare</td> |
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175 | </tr> |
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176 | <tr> |
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177 | <td><b>Olivetti Programma 652**</b>[1973]</td> |
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178 | <td>semiconductor memory</td> |
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179 | <td>typewriter for output, paper tape puncher, cassette |
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180 | drive, band drives, hard disc drive</td> |
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181 | <td>complete installation in the "Bauhaus" style from the 70s. |
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182 | The bad documentation from Olivetti is remarkable. Hard disc |
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183 | drive with immotile multiple head</td> |
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184 | </tr> |
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186 | <td colspan="4"> |
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187 | <p>More desk calculators: Olympia RAE (different types, 1965): Calculator with core memory that is not programmable, germanium transistors and nixie tubes (floating point). |
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188 | Compucorp 322, 324 (1972): Scientific "pocket" calculator. |
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189 | Olivetti Programma 602 (1971): Same logic like Programma 101, but uses DTL, TTL IC-technology and semiconductor memory |
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190 | DIEHL Combitronic (1971): Same logic like Combitron, uses already MOS-technology (logic with only 6 ICs) but still delay line memory and booting from metallic punchcards. |
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191 | DIEHL Alphatronic, shift register as storage, with seperated punchcard puncher and punchcard reader (about 1973).** |
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192 | Canon 1614 P (1973): Programmable calculator with integrated punchcard reader and seperated printer (no manual). ** |
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193 | TI 59 on PC 100 printer console (1977): programmable pocket calculator with recordings on magnetic cards. |
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194 | HP 9821 (1973, like 9820 but with cassette drive), HP 9815 (1976) ** and many more...</p> |
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196 | <i>**) For lack of space, these devices are stored in the archive</i> |
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197 | </td> |
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