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> Soon the cost of microcircuits started to decrease, and it became possible to consider the development of pocket size calculators with prices accessible to th
by bvrmn 2y ago
> Soon the cost of microcircuits started to decrease, and it became possible to consider the development of pocket size calculators with prices accessible to the wide consumer.
Most of calculator models cost like 30%-50% of monthly salary of engineer who developed such devices. Scientific ones were up to 100%. It was quite far from accessible.
- ffgjgf1 2y ago> 30%-50% of monthly salary That and usually manufactured in such low qualities that most people couldn’t even buy one even if they could afford it. A lot like cars which were relatively even more (extremely) expensive but you still had to wait in a queue for 2-10 years to get one.
- egorfine 2y agoWell, I remember that there was no problem acquiring MK-52 or MK-61 in Kiev back then. And I vaguely remember that the more modern version, the one with an LCD screen, was not readily available, but by then the era of programmable calculators has already passed.
- veltas 2y agoThat's how much a laptop costs me today.