8 May
1998
8 May
'98
9:24 a.m.
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Larry Groebe wrote:
The EL-8 was Sharp's original portable calculator
from 1971 (in Japan in
late 1970) and cost $345 back then (for your basic 4-function
calculator!) The display is listed in my reference book as a flourescent
-type tube display.
That sounds right. The guy I talked to mentioned that it was IC-based,
not micro-based.
I don't believe it used the 4004 chip - relatively
few calculators
actually did use the 4004.
I think it was a deal between Busicom and Intel for a calculator chip that
produced the 4004 and started the microprocessor revolution, right?
-- Doug