Vintage Calculator Museum

Detailed inside look at my collection of vintage calculators. The highly skilled and detail engineering that goes into making a vintage calculator make them expensive to own in those days. Collectors worldwide has found inspiration it such marvels of human creativity. All the caculators here are carefully cleaned and refurbished and repaired where possible. The focus here is on the industrial design and manufacturing innovation from each calculator brand and less on the electronics wizardly.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Vintage Canon Canola L1011 Calculator With 10 Digit Green VFD Display

A nice looking vintage Canon Canola calculator. Batteries are place just behind to the top of the 10 digits VFD display. 4 AA size battery adds some stability to this portable desktop calculator.. Case easily open via 2 screws in the battery compartment. Aluminium faceplate trim to the keypad created some issue with wear and tear possibly a result of the composition of the aluminium.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Canon Palmtronic LE-10 Calculator With 10 Digit LED Display

Canon Palmtronic LE-10 Calculator

A cleaned and checked Canon Palmtronic LE-10 calculator. The matt brown finish of the plastic faceplate and the battery holder has been damanged by some form of corrosion, which is probably repairable by painting with acrylic paint use in modelling. Despite this the calculator works perfectly. The inside PCBs has been thoroughly cleaned and reassembled. The color bars on the battery meter has faded, but the meter functions well. The battery holder is now modified to hold four normal AA size battery, since the charger is not available.