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Old Calculator Advertisements

This page has links to reproductions of advertisements of vintage calculators on this website. They illustrate the transition from mechanical to electronic calculators, and the introduction of hand-held calculators.

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1957

• Sumlock and Plus (Bell Punch Co.), "Figurework in your Office by Sumlock", mechanical calculators.

1958

• Monroe LA7-160, "This is: Economical, Fast, Simple, Accurate, Dependable", mechanical calculator.

1960

• Comptometer Comptograph, mechanical calculator.

1961

• Calculating Services, a calculating service provider.  Companies would provide calculators and operators.
• Olivetti Suma Prima 20, mechanical calculator.

1962

• Diehl V Series, "Select Diehl "V" range calculators for highest output accuracy and value", mechanical calculator.
• Monroe 8N-213, "Effortless figuring", mechanical calculator.
• Curta, "The calculator for people who count", hand-held mechanical calculator.  Featured calculator
• Hamann 500, mechanical calculator.
• Friden SRW, "It's a rare engineering department that shouldn't use a Friden SRW. (Chrysler's missile division uses eleven)", mechanical calculator.
• Bohn Contex, "Brainchild (it figures!). Only $125 (it doesn't figure!)", mechanical calculator.
• Anita Mk VIII, "The first ELECTRONIC Desk Calculator in the world!", desktop electronic calculator.  With the Anita Mk VII was the first desktop electronic calculator.  Featured calculator

1963

• Burroughs Duplex, "Burroughs Duplex Calculators ... Now from only £240!", mechanical calculator.
• Anita Mk VIII and Comptometer 993S, "The best of both worlds. Electronic: ANITA. Electro-mechanical: Comptometer 993", desktop electronic and desktop mechanical calculators.
• Facit, mechanical calculator.
• Marchant, "Marchant turns man into Superman", mechanical calculator.
• Olivetti Divisumma 24, mechanical calculator.
• Nisa, "A revolution in office calculating", mechanical calculator.

1964

• IME 84rc, "From Italy - a new concept in calculating. The first entirely electronic, fully transistorized, desk-model calculator", desktop electronic calculator.  One of the first all-transistor calculators.  Featured calculator
• Monroe LN160, IQ213, 8F213, Mach 1.07, "If one of these calculators can't speed up your business—congratulations!", mechanical calculators.
• Friden EC-130, "Most advanced electronic calculator in existence?  Probably.  Most beautifully designed?  Certainly", desktop electronic calculator.  One of the first all-transistor calculators.  Featured calculator

1966

• Anita Mk10, "Five Years Ahead of its time: Instant Sterling/Decimal conversion – Now", desktop electronic calculator. Has old British currency (£sd) display capabilities.
• Sharp Compet 20, "The SHARP 20 electronic calculator is the fastest you can buy. And it's the best value for money.", desktop electronic calculator.

1967

• Olympia RAE 4/15, "The biggest noise in calculating machines is completely silent", desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp Compet 15, Compet 20, Compet 21, Compet 30, "The new Sharp '15' electronic desk calculator—at a price that more can afford", desktop electronic calculators.
• Monroe Epic 2000 and Epic 3000, "Monroe present the world's first programmable electronic printing calculators", programmable, desktop electronic printing calculators.  Featured calculator
• Monroe Epic 3000, "Beautifully efficient: The new Epic 3000 Electronic Printing Calculator", programmable, desktop electronic printing calculator.  Featured calculator

1968

• Canon Canola 130S, "All this for $995. The new compact 130S from Canon", desktop electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Sharp CS-22A and CS-17B, "The mini compact calculator that carries light and works like the devil", desktop electronic calculators.  Featured calculator
• Olivetti Programma 101, "Olivetti put a computer on your desk", programmable, desktop electronic printing calculator.  Featured calculator
• Hewlett Packard 9100A, picture 2, "Powerful Computing Genie: $4900", desktop electronic calculator.
• Wang 300 Series, desktop electronic calculators.

1969

• Comptometer 993S, "The Comptometer 993 S won't cost you a fortune - but... It's Worth One!", mechanical calculator.
• Commodore, "Commodore adding machines for the new era", mechanical calculator (British Sterling currency model).
• Sharp Micro Compet QT-8D, "It's hand-sized and weighs just 3lbs.", desktop electronic calculator.  The first calculator with LSI (Large-Scale Integration) integrated circuits.  Featured calculator

1970

• Addo Ten/3 MkII, desktop electronic calculator.
• Monroe 920, "Monroe 920: the leading lightweight. 8.8lbs. of compact calculating wizadry!", desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp Micro Compet QT-8B, "Micro Compet QT-8B is the world's smallest electronic calculator", hand-held electronic calculator.  One of the first hand-held (battery-powered) electronic calculators.  Featured calculator
• Dictaphone, desktop electronic calculators.
• North American Rockwell Microelectronics Company, "Sharp figures with MOS/LSI. Ours.", manufacturer of LSI calculator integrated circuits for Sharp.
• Precisa 364, "Why buy a Precisa multiplier instead of just a simple add/lister? Well...look what it can do...", mechanical calculator.
• Ricoh Ricomac 1200, "Ricoh + LSI = Ricomac 1200 A New Calculating Formula", desktop electronic calculator.  Featured calculator

1971

• Singer-Friden 1116, desktop electronic calculator.
• Sharp EL-8, "We just cut the electronic calculator down to size. Again.", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Electronic Arrays, "Electronic Arrays will build any circuit that your little calculator desires", manufacturer of LSI calculator integrated circuits.
• Marchant I, "This is the Marchant for Field Engineers, Auditors, and the Chairman of the Board", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Canon Canola L121, "It's Canon that counts. New micro-electronic midget calculator has over 15,000 elements", desktop electronic calculator.
• Adler 1200, "Calculating little piece", desktop electronic calculator.
• Tektronix Scientist 909 and Statistician 911, "a programmable calculator that speaks your language", desktop electronic calculators.
• Monroe 10 "Shrimp", "Introducing the Shrimp. A different kind of calculator. It prints. It's electronic. And it fits in the palm of your hand", version of the Canon Pocketronic, hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Busicom exec 80-DA, "personal portable electronic desk-top calculator: small size—big hearted", desktop electronic calculator.

1972

• Commodore C110, "New C-110: personal portable electronic calculator", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Sanyo ICC82D, ICC1122, ICC1415P, desktop and hand-held electronic calculators.
• Rapid Data Rapidman 800, "Join the Pocket Revolution", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• J.T.A. 8P, "At last a pocket computer to fit your pocket...", hand-held electronic calculator.
• Hewlett-Packard HP-35, "First through the arithmetic barrier: HP-35", the first hand-held scientific electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Hewlett-Packard HP-35, "Hewlett-Packard presents the world's first pocket calculator that challenges a computer", the first hand-held scientific electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Sinclair Executive, "The other pocket calculators fit neatly into your briefcase", was then the thinnest calculator and the only calculator to be powered by button cells.  Featured calculator
• Unicom 1000P and 1010P, "Unicom announces the end of the adding machine...", desktop electronic calculator.
• Mostek Corporation, "Pocket Computation from Hewlett Packard. We're on the inside!", manufacturer of calculator integrated circuits.
• Texas Instruments Klixon keyboard, picture 2, "Dunk this page into a cup of coffee" [the page was laminated with plastic], high-quality calculator keyboard.
• Texas Instruments TI-2500 Datamath, "The Texas Instruments electronic calculator ... a pocketful of miracles.", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Sharp EL-801, "The new Sharp "Shirt-Pocket Size" calculator", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator

1973

• Hitachi KK-181B, KK-521, KK-521P, "Reliability begins with reliable parts. So we make our own, including the circuits", desktop and hand-held electronic calculators.
• Hewlett Packard HP-80, "Hewlett-Packard announces the most revolutionary financial device of our time: the HP-80", the first hand-held financial electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Rapid Data Rapidman 800, Rapidman 801, Rapidman 1208LC, Rapidman 1212, Rapid Printer 2000, picture 2, "If your accountant isn't impressed by Rapidman's speedy, easy operation or the cast-iron guarantee...", desktop and hand-held electronic calculators. The Rapidman 1208LC was one of the first calculators with a Liquid Crystal display.
• Bowmar MX50, "If Bowmar can work on the moon - Bowmar can work in your hand!", hand-held electronic calculator.
• Sinclair Cambridge, "The new Sinclair Cambridge. Logs, trig, powers and roots...", hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured on British calculator site
• Otis King, "Why pay £50 or more for a Calculator? A fabulous bargain", cylindrical slide-rule. This was about the last gasp for the slide rule.  Featured calculator
• Litronix 1100, "Space Age Technology from the USA. The first professional pocket calculator at a family pocket price", hand-held electronic calculator. A sign of the electronic calculator price war which had started.
• Advance mini Executive, hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured on British calculator site
• Sinclair Executive, "The features that earned the Executive a unique Design Council Award" (brochure provided courtesy of Gary Walton).  Featured calculator

1974

• Sands 004, "A Genuine 'Memory' Pocket Calculator. Yours for under 1/3^RD of importer's recommended selling price!", hand-held electronic calculator. (Provided courtesy of Steve Martyniuk).
• Heathkit IC-2006, hand-held electronic calculator, catalog listing.
• Heathkit IC-2009, hand-held electronic calculator, catalog listing.  Featured calculator
• Texas Instruments SR-11, "Texas Instruments SR-11. The electronic press button instant slide rule", hand-held electronic calculator.
• Hewlett-Packard HP-65, picture 2, "HP-65: It's programmable", the first programmable hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Laskys calculator flyer page 1, page 2.  An interesting collection of calculators of this period from this British discount dealer.  Grateful thanks to Gary Walton for providing the scans.

1975

• Adler Lady, picture 2, "Lady The First Calculator For Her", hand-held electronic calculator for the "Lady".  Featured calculator
• Garrett CM20, "Open & Shut Case", desktop electronic calculator, strange "space age style".  See also the article "RCA Calculators - or are they space helmets ?".
• Keystone 2050, "Meet the little genius from Keystone", hand-held electronic calculator.
• Monte Carlo, picture 2, "Monte Carlo ..... A Small Calculator that solves Big Problems", tiny hand-held electronic calculator.

1976

• Casio pocket-LC II (LC-812), "One Penlight Battery; 250 Hours", LCD display, long battery life, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Casio micro-mini (M-800), "The mini-est electronic calculator in the world", LCD display, tiny hand-held electronic calculator.  Featured calculator
• Sharp EL-8026 "SUN MAN", "Satellite technology to power a pocket calculator with solar energy", LCD display, hand-held electronic calculator, has solar cells on rear for recharging. The first calculator with solar cells, though for charging the battery.  Featured calculator

1977

• KOVAC SOLAR-1, "Sun Power: The Ultimate Energy Source", LCD display, hand-held electronic calculator, has solar cells on rear for recharging.
• Teal Photon, "Teal announces the world's first pure solar-powered calculator", hand-held electronic calculator, powered by solar cells. One of the first solar-cell-powered calculators.  Featured calculator
• Sharp EL-8019, "You are looking at the only folding calculator in the world.  It folds together like a lady's compact and thanks to advanced Sharp technology gives 1200 hours operation from one set of batteries", LCD display, hand-held electronic calculator.
• Sharp EL-8120, "You are looking at the slimmest rechargeable calculator in the world—a mere 7 mm thin, created by advanced Sharp technology", LCD display, hand-held electronic calculator.

Gary Walton has kindly made available scans of a number of advertising brochures for calculators of the 1970s at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B61nMTJ8hYbR9Ej6s2VeKP3X-51-ru7E.

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