On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:49 PM, William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> wrote:
 --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
  The ones with 8 digits installed are
 very possibly calculator modules. ?I've never seen this
 sort of display with only 6 digits out of 8 populated. 
 National made a 6-digit fixed-point calculator chip.
 Commodore sold a calculator, claimed to be the first
 to break the $20 barrier (in 1974 or so), that used
 it. 
Hmm... that's a promising lead.  I should go surf some C= calculator
sites (I just have one Minuteman that mostly works but individual keys
are somewhat sketchy, and it does want four "N" cells).
Thanks for the tip.
-ethan