Hardware

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Canon F-41

The Canon Palmtronic F-41 SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR is a scientific calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 23 functions, 30 keys and a VFD (vacuum fluorescent) display. The…

Canon F-44

This Canon F-44 followed the Canon card F-42 introduced in 1980 and replaced the sliding switches with normal keys.

Canon F-5

The Palmtronic F-5 is a very unusual calculator manufactured by Canon. It was introduced mid of the year 1974 like the Texas Instruments SR-16 or the SR-50.

Canon F-502

This Canon F-502 is a pocket-sized statistical calculator that handles up to 136 functions, and its large, high-contrast liquid crystal display makes calculations easy and comfortable. The…

Canon F-51

The Palmtronic F-51 is another calculator manufactured by Canon missing a calculator chip from Texas Instruments. The brain of the F-51 is a NEC uPD951C chip. Don't miss the first TI-less…

Canon F-52

The Canon Palmtronic F-52 F-52 is a scientific calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 29 functions, 35 keys and one of the early LCD (liquid crystal) displays which…

Canon F-55S

The Palmtronic F-55S is one of the smallest scientific / statistical calculators ever developed.

Canon F-55S (silver)

Nothing else than a styling variation of the black coloured Palmtronic F-55S.

Canon F-58

The Canon F-58 is a scientific calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 49 functions, 42 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display. The power source is SR1030. The calculator…

Canon F-6

The Palmtronic F-6 continued the scientific line of calculators sold by Canon. It is the direct successor of the F-5 and uses again a "TI-less" calculator brain. The major design in the housing…

Canon F-603

The F-603 Scientific Statistical Calculator is loaded with practical features and capabilities, which satisfy the needs of educational, technical and professional users. With a sleek and compact…

Canon F-604

The Canon F-604 is the successor of the F-603 and sports 10 user memories in a nice designed housing. It is a typical scientific and statistical calculator with traditional entry and sports even…

Canon F-61

The Palmtronic F-61 is another calculator manufactured by Canon missing a calculator chip from Texas Instruments. The brain of the F-61 is a NEC uPD955C chip, obviously an enhanced version of the…

Canon F-62

The Palmtronic F-62 Scientific/Statistical calculator is unique within the products of Canon. The housing looks unknown to us and we are really curious about the source of the calculator.

Canon F-63

The Canon card F-63 Scientific/Statistical calculator was introduced together with the F-72 in 1980. Both calculators sport a total of 59 keys compared with the 40 to 45 keys of similiar products…

Canon F-64

The Canon F-64 Scientific Statistical Calculator is together with its sibling F-56 one of the few Canon products based on NEC single-chip calculator circuits.

Canon F-65

The Canon F-65 SCIENTIFIC STATISTICAL CALCULATOR is a scientific calculator with 10 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 68 functions, 42 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display. The…

Canon F-7

The Palmtronic F-7 was introduced shortly after the Texas Instruments SR-50 and uses a very similar calculator architecture developed by Hitachi. Instead the single-chip calculator chips found…

Canon F-700

The F-700 is an interesting programmable calculator from Canon. Its programming model shares many features with that of other Canons. Curiously, its chipset may be different. Most Canon…

Canon F-71

The Palmtronic F-71 is another calculator manufactured by Canon missing a calculator chip from Texas Instruments. The brain of the F-71 is a Hitachi HD36140/HD36141 chipset. Don't miss the first…

Canon F-718SG (Lime Green)

Casio introduced with the fx-115ES already in 2005 an advanced scientific calculator with a 2-line Natural Textbook Display showing formulas and results exactly as they appear in the textbook.

Canon F-720

Running Mike Sebastian's "Calculator forensics" reveals the Canon F-720 as one of the "new-generation" calculators using binary arithmetic instead of the common BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)…

Canon F-73

The Canon F-73 followed the unique F-72 and replaced the foldable housing with a traditional landscape style design. The F-73 was introduced together with the almost identical F-73P adding a small…

Canon F-73P

A slim, elegant, and useful model, the Canon F-73P is a nice example of a programmable scientific calculator. That despite the fact that its programming model is somewhat limited: 45 partially…

Canon FC-43

The Canon FC-43 continued a long line of Metric Converter calculators based on Integrated Circuits (IC's) developed by Toshiba. The first known product with a LC-display is the Toshiba LC-838.…

Canon FC-43S

The Canon FC-43S seems to be the successor of the FC-43. Dismantling the calculator reveals a very common construction with an additional backup battery.

Canon FC-80

Canon introduced already in 1974 with the Palmtronic FC-80 a full metric conversion calculator. That time it was far ahead of competition with both U.S. and U.K. conversion constants stored in the…

Canon Financial

The Canon Financial Manager was the first financial calculator based on a Toshiba single-chip calculator IC. If you compare it with the Texas Instruments Business Analyst-II you notice some…

Canon Financial II

The Canon Financial Manager II traces back to the Financial Manager, the first financial calculator based on a Toshiba single-chip calculator circuit.

Canon Financial Printer

Canon introduced with the Financial Printer already in 1983 a compact and powerful combination of a Financial Statistical calculator and a small printer. The FP-11P added even some programmability…

Canon FP-11P

Canon introduced with the FP-11P already in 1983 a compact and powerful combination of a Scientific Statistical calculator, some programmability and a small printer. A close relative to the FP-11P…

Canon FS-5 OHP

The Canon FS-5 "Solar Card Scientific Statistical Calculator" was introduced in 1983 and is based on the Toshiba T6824S single-chip calculator circuit known from the Toshiba SLC-8410 calculator.…

Canon FS-51

The Canon FS-51 added solar-cells to the Canon F-58 Scientific Statistical Calculator and succeeds the FS-5 intoduced in 1983.

Canon LC Quartz

The Canon Palmtronic LC QUARTZ LC QUARTZ is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 7 functions, 31 keys and one of the early LCD (liquid crystal) displays…

Canon LC-1

The Canon Palmtronic LC-1 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 7 functions, 24 keys and one of the early LCD (liquid crystal) displays which incorporated…

Canon LC-1(silver)

This Canon Palmtronic LC uses a silver LC-display instead the yellow-type found with the first LC-1. Another sibbling could be found with the LC-2.

Canon LC-1014

This Canon Canola LC-1014 calculator uses an early Toshiba calculator chip to drive a yellow LCD. Everything else is state of the art.The LC-1014 was later replaced with the LC-1016.The Canon…

Canon LC-10M

This LC-10M increases the calculation and display capability from 8-digits to 10-digits. Please notice the Canon ITALIA logo printed below the display.

Canon LC-2

The Canon Palmtronic LC-2 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 7 functions, 24 keys and one of the early LCD (liquid crystal) displays which incorporated…

Canon LC-210L

This Canon LC-210L was manufactured mid of 2002 and gives a good example of the calculator technolgy used in that era. The single-chip calculator circuit is bonded directly to the printed circuit…

Canon LC-23

This Canon LC-23 marked the lower end of Canon's calculator product line in the 80's. Compare it with the LC-20 and the later LC-25H.

Canon LC-25H (White)

This Canon LC-25H is a very basic calculator introduced in 1990. It was manufactured by Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. in China and basically it resembles the TI-1105 introduced in the same time frame…

Canon LC-28H III

This Canon LC-28H III marked the lower end of Canon's calculator product line in the new millenium. Compare it with the LC-20 and the LC-25H.

Canon LC-33

This Canon LC-33 looks different to its predecessor LC-31 and makes use of a novel manufacturing technology. Instead of using a traditional printed circuit board (PCB) the LC-33 uses a flexible…

Canon LC-34

This Canon LC-34 looks different to its predecessor LC-33 and makes use of a novel manufacturing technology. Dismantling the calculator reveals once again a clever usage of flexible circuit boards…

Canon LC-34T

This Canon LC-34T added both a watch and an alarm clock to the similiar LC-34. The LC-34T uses the Toshiba T3939S single-chip calculator circuit known already since 1980 from the Toshiba LC-844WA…

Canon LC-37

This LC-37 is not really exciting but gives a good idea of calculator technology in the early 1990's.

Canon LC-39

The Canon LC-39 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 6 functions, 24 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display.

Canon LC-44

The Canon LC-44 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 7 functions, 25 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display. The power source is LR1130 1.5V. The…

Canon LC-4T

This Canon LC-4T traces back to the Canon LC Quartz introduced in April 1978 and featuring a clock, an alarm and a stopwatch with versatile electronic calculator functions in a nice housing.

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