Commodore calculators was RE: Calculators

On 03/03/2013 10:26 AM, Chris Tofu wrote: keys, some red, some blue IIRC. Green display IIRC. 1000$ to the first/last bidder (make that a Pay it Right Now). Mostly for the distinct pleasure of exhuming it from my time capsule. Alright I'll take 950$. I'm not a hard man. No, Commodore had several models to choose from. Two data points: (1) Sometime around 1974, I was proudly shown a calculator constructed in a plywood box by an ex co-worker who'd moved on to Commodore. It was her pet programming project--Commodore's first scientific calculator. I don't know what model that prototype eventually turned into. Her twin sister worked for GE and devised the "Jello test" for determining microwave oven radiation patterns. It was unnerving when the two of them were together. One (the programmer) was sweet and cheerful, while the other (the engineer) was acerbic with a very hard edge, having learned to compete in the male-dominated engineering community. Second data point: In the San Jose Town & Country shopping center, in the 70s, there was a store called "Mr. Calculator", who dealt in calculators and the then-new digital watch. I still have the San Jose Mercury News ad offering the watch for something under $20 and that they sold Commodore calculators (note the plural). --Chuck