Vintage Calculators Web Museum
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Engineering Computer Science Design Industrial Design Information Systems Information Technology Mechanical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - General |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Nigel Tout |
| Description: | Online museum of vintage calculators. "A celebration of old calculators showing the evolution from mechanical calculator to pocket electronic calculator. Featuring - * Mechanical & early electronic desk calculators. * Strange hand-held calculators. * Articles, photographs, and databases from the archives of the International Association of Calculator Collectors. * Information and photographs for those interested in the history of technology. * British and sterling currency calculators. A revolution in calculating machines took place between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. It was during this vintage period that the electronics for calculators was at the cutting edge of electronics research. Calculators evolved from large, expensive, mechanical machines to cheap, electronic, credit card sized devices. The development of micro-electronics for calculators was an important phase in the history of technology, which included the development of the microprocessor." |
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| Keywords: | calculators mechanical calculators electronic calculators |
| Has Components: |
Hewlett Packard HP-35 The HP-35 Calculator - The first electronic slide rule |
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| Use of Resource: |
Comprehensive website of early mechanical and electronic calculators. |
| Difficulty: |
Very easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | December 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.vintagecalculators.com/index.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
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