9 Aug
2007
9 Aug
'07
7:45 a.m.
My dad's had an IME 86s calculator in his office for years,
since he rescued it from his school's surplus sale a dozen
years back. Cool old desktop
unit: 16 nixie tubes for the display, and a square root function! :)
He's interested in finding a copy of the manual for it --
anyone out there have a lead?
A wonderful machine, with a great design. The Italians managed to
package a lot of machine into a relatively small footprint for the time.
Very nice mechanical design and electronic elegance. Plus, with the
addition of various peripheral devices (a progrmamer, paper tape
reader/punch, and others),
The 86 could serve as the "CPU" of a very capable "personal computing
system".
There's a lot of history relating to the IME calculators, particularly
the IME 84 (IME's first electronic calculator) and future calculator
industry developments.
I haven't come across a manual for one of these machines yet, and have
been looking for a long time.
If you do happen to come across one, I'd appreciate if you'd let me
know. Of course, I'll keep your message in my reference folder, and if
I come across a manual, I'll get in touch.
I know well how these machines operate. If you have any questions on
how to operate it, drop me an off-list Email.
Rick Bensene
r-i-c-k-b-at-b-e-n-s-e-n-e.c-o-m (delete dashes, and replace "at" with
the obvious character)
The Old Calculator Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com