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In reply to the discussion: 'Brilliant' Man Who Was An Inventor of the Calculator Dies [View all]ProfessorGAC
(65,031 posts)30. My Dad Won One Of Those
Some sort of raffle where odds were based on how one spent at Goldblatt's department store.
It didn't have LEDs. It used GCDs and ran on a 9V battery.
Heavy, but still handheld.
We were mighty impressed. My mom loved it over the old, used adding machine she used when paying bills.
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No surprise he is from TI. There was a time when HP led pack, now it is TI and Casio, at least as
still_one
Mar 2019
#1
I expect that articles specifically from tech sites vs from AP probably have more details on that.
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2019
#21
(Raises hand) Yeah, I had one of those. I think it was my second calculator.
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2019
#25
I'm old enough to remember when the hand-held calculator was new and expensive.
No Vested Interest
Mar 2019
#5
A four-function TI Datamath 2500 was $120 in 1973; that would be about $730 in today's dollars
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#11
The prices dropped fairly quickly, within a few years, as they quickly became mass produced.
No Vested Interest
Mar 2019
#19
The first time I saw a handheld calculator was when I was in A-school in Memphis in
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2019
#26