It’s therefore interesting to have a glimpse into where scientific calculators originated, and to have a first-hand account of what it meant to own one in an age of slide rules. The Sinclair ...
The Curta calculator, invented by Curt Herzstark during his imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. (Photo courtesy of ...
It first appeared in 1981 and has continued ... Financial calculators are not to be confused with scientific calculators and ...
Hewlett-Packard's 9100A, the world's first personal computer, was based on a prototype built by Tom Osborne of Cody. Called “The Green Machine,” it ...
After their first few years when they were a rare ... and a firmware which transforms it into a reverse Polish, or RPN, scientific calculator. The Sharp EL210 and EL215 were ubiquitous early ...