[personal] cctalk Digest, Vol 48, Issue 20, Message 16 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Aug 2007

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  Message: 16
 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 07:45:42 -0700
 From: "Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com>
 Subject: RE: Looking for manual for IME 86s desktop calculator
 To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
I've just had a calculator that looks very similar to the IME 86 shipped 
over from Europe.
It was made by Tesla Bratislava located in Bratislava, Slovakia, formely in 
Czechoslovakia.
Apparently they copied other designs for their products, from the layout it 
is obviousley 3 register based and has core memory storage. I am in the 
process of reconditioning the unit to get it working, keyboard was 
completley seized (fixed that), transcribing the layout back to a circuit, 
cleaning it up, power supply is missing though.
If anybody knows of any info of this or the IMS machine or similar machines 
please let me know.
Can post photos of the unit.

Many thanks.
Mike Hatch

Web - www.brickfieldspark.org
E-mail - mike at brickfieldspark.org
Urban Wildlife ring - www.brickfieldspark.org/uwringhome.htm

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 > My dad's had an IME 86s calculator in his
office for years,
> He's interested in finding a copy of the manual for it --  
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  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.

 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.

 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