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I'm too young to remember, but it seems the UK calculator of choice was the Sinclair http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sinclair1.html http://www.vintagecal
by jimnotgym 9y ago
I'm too young to remember, but it seems the UK calculator of choice was the Sinclair http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sinclair1.html http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sinclair1.html
- b5 9y agoMy dad, who went to Uni in the '70s to do maths and physics, has a Sinclair scientific that looks very similar except has blue LED digits. I don't know the exact model.
- nothotdog 9y agothe bright blue LED had not been invented yet, it was probably vacuum flourescent http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_displays.html http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_displays.h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Blue_LED https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Blue_LED
- Theodores 9y agoThis article is much like the US rather than the UK history where we had a separate, home grown path. I think I am the last generation to have a legendary calculator in the Casio FX 82A. Nowadays computers have taken over.