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Canon Multi 8 |
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Canon Multi 8. Distinctive features: The first hand-held calculator with a multi-line display. Technical details: Four functions, %, memory, square root. Integrated circuit - Texas Instruments TMS1079NL, here date coded late 1977. 4.5v (3 x AA batteries). 76 x 154 x 22 mm (3.0" x 6.0" x 0.85"). Made in Japan. Has two lines of display - The switch to the left of the display is used to select one of the following:
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Close up of the 2-line fluorescent display. |
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Until the introduction of cheap multi-line LCDs (Liquid Crsystal Displays) in the 1980s this was one of the very few calculators to display more than one line. |
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Vintage Calculators |
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© Text & photographs copyright Nigel Tout 2000-2012 except where noted otherwise. |
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