That's a lot of calculators...

[David L. Jones]

Casio have sold 1 billion calculators
http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/news/article/528/

That's, a lot.

Dave

 

[Bob Parker]

Casio have sold 1 billion calculators
http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/news/article/528/

That's, a lot.

Dave

I helped - I bought 3 of them!

 

[Bob Parker]

Struth! I just checked and found 3 at my finger tips. I guess over the
years, I owned and threw out quite a lot too.

Don...

I forgot that I bought a BASIC-programmed Casio PB-100 'Personal
Computer' with extra 1K or so RAM module and little thermal printer from
Sheridan Electronics in about 1982. Amazing what I could do with it...
filter calculations and everything!
But when I need to calculate something, I still grab the fx-140 I
bought in 1978. Battery life on a pair of alkaline AA cells has been
averaging about 10 years!


Bob

 

[Phil Allison]

"Bob Parker"

But when I need to calculate something, I still grab the fx-140 I bought
in 1978. Battery life on a pair of alkaline AA cells has been averaging
about 10 years!

** LCD or fluorescent ?





........ Phil

 

[David L. Jones]

I forgot that I bought a BASIC-programmed Casio PB-100 'Personal
Computer' with extra 1K or so RAM module and little thermal printer from
Sheridan Electronics in about 1982. Amazing what I could do with it...
filter calculations and everything!

Yep, they were terrific until there was a PC within arms reach of
everyone.
I just sold my Tandy PC-8 to a collector.

But when I need to calculate something, I still grab the fx-140 I
bought in 1978. Battery life on a pair of alkaline AA cells has been
averaging about 10 years!

I prefer the dual power models, you virtually never have to change the
batteries. Two units I've got have never had a battery change in 15
years. Probably should lest they corrode!

My latest dual power one is an FX-991ES. Incredible functionality for
something that runs on the sniff of an oily rag.

Dave

 

[Bob Parker]

"Bob Parker"



** LCD or fluorescent ?





....... Phil

Fluorescent.... Obviously it doesn't get a lot of use these days.

 

[Bob Parker]

I prefer the dual power models, you virtually never have to change the
batteries. Two units I've got have never had a battery change in 15
years. Probably should lest they corrode!

My latest dual power one is an FX-991ES. Incredible functionality for
something that runs on the sniff of an oily rag.

Dave

I've got an fx-990 which is solar only. It's OK as long as I
remember to hold it under a desk lamp when indoors!

Bob

 

[Phil Allison]

"Bob Parker"

Fluorescent.... Obviously it doesn't get a lot of use these days.

** Alkaline AA batteries sure last a long time ....

....... long as you don't actually use them.





........ Phil

 

[Bob Parker]

** Alkaline AA batteries sure last a long time ....

...... long as you don't actually use them.



....... Phil

Quite a lot of years ago, Eveready were advertising how their
alkalines could sit around for a few years and still retain most of
their charge.
I wrote them a letter saying, "That's nothing, the ones in my Casio
calculator have been there for 9 (maybe 10) years and they're still
going strong when I use it!".
A while later a Dolphin torch with alkaline battery arrived by post,
with a letter saying "Thanks for telling us".
I was impressed!

Bob

 

[Mark Harriss]

I wrote them a letter saying, "That's nothing, the ones in my Casio
calculator have been there for 9 (maybe 10) years and they're still
going strong when I use it!".

A geologist mailed Union Carbide a photo of a PNG tribesman using
a rectangular Eveready battery box as a penis sheath with a suggestion
that they use it in their advertising. Needless to say they did not
send him a lantern battery as a thank you.

 

[Otter]

In

A geologist mailed Union Carbide a photo of a PNG tribesman using
a rectangular Eveready battery box as a penis sheath with a suggestion
that they use it in their advertising.

A very neat way of suggesting a new hat style to YKW.

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

In

A very neat way of suggesting a new hat style to YKW.

ROFLMAO - Good one !!!

 

[Terryc]

Struth! I just checked and found 3 at my finger tips. I guess over the
years, I owned and threw out quite a lot too.

Is this because they are not reliable?

 

[Bob Parker]

Is this because they are not reliable?

I've still got all mine & they all still work. The biorhythm one's
not a lot of use now because it can only handle years up to 1999 (it was
made in 1975).

Bob

 

[Harold]

I've still got all mine & they all still work. The biorhythm one's
not a lot of use now because it can only handle years up to 1999 (it was
made in 1975).

Bob

Still gives you day of birth (up to 1999) [Yeah .. I have one too]