Hardware
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| Canon LC-5 | The Canon Palmtronic LC-5 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-6 (silver) | This beautiful Palmtronic LC-6 gives once again easy access to the coin shaped battery through a front door. In a direct comparisment with the earlier LC-5 the screws were avoided and the cover… |
| Canon LC-7 | This beautiful Palmtronic LC-7 gives once again easy access to the coin shaped battery through a front door. |
| Canon LC-MEMO | Dismantling the LC-MEMO reveals indeed a chipset manufactured by Toshiba, too. The original T3690 was replaced with the T3721 in the Canon product, but the memory chip was kept. The T3691 stores a… |
| Canon LE-10 | Uses rechargeable battery pack, recharged with calculator in a charging unit. The calculator is fitted with a battery-check meter. |
| Canon LE-100 | The Canon LE-100 was one of the few portable calculators using a precision and LED-display of 10-digits. It was introduced together with the LE-81M.From the technology the LE-100 is similar to the… |
| Canon LE-80 | The Canon LE-80 was the successor of the Canon LE-10 and uses the first time a single chip calculator chip manufactured by Texas Instruments. |
| Canon LE-80M | The Canon Palmtronic LE-80M is an early hand held calculator. It was manufactured by Canon inc. it retailed in 1973 for $138.45. |
| Canon LE-80R | The Canon Palmtronic LE-80R LE-80R is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 5 functions, 18 keys and an LED (light-emitting diode) display, typical of… |
| Canon LE-81 | The internal electronics is based on two calculator chips manufactured by Toshiba. With the LE-81M the TI brain was back in Canon's LE-calculator line. |
| Canon LE-81M | The LE-81M seems to be the direct successor of the odd looking LE-81 calculator. It was introduced together with the LE-100 sporting 10-digits and the scientific calculator F-5. |
| Canon LE-82 | The Canon LE-82 uses the housing of the LE-80R but replaced the square-root functions with a [%±]-key. |
| Canon LE-83 | The Canon LE-83 was the first calculator sold by Canon below $50. It uses still the TMS0101 "calculator-on-a-chip" from the LE-80. |
| Canon LE-84 | The Canon LE-84 uses the TMS0801 calculator chip instead of the TMS0101 used in the earlier LE-83.From the technology the LE-84 is similar to the TI-1500 introduced by TI same time. |
| Canon LE-85 | The Canon LE-85 uses the TMS0807 calculator chip instead of the TMS0101 used in the earlier LE-83.From the technology the LE-85 is similar to the Exactra-19 introduced by TI same time. The LE-85… |
| Canon LS-10 | Canon introcuced with the LS-10 one of the early calculators combining solar cells with a 10-digit display. Compared with the TI-1767 introduced in the same year the LS-10 is much thinner and… |
| Canon LS-12TU | This Canon LS-12TU is an example of a typical calculator sold on the Japanese market. Please notice the additional lettering above some keys. One of the special features of the LS-12TU are short… |
| Canon LS-152H | The LS-152H was designed with the general user in mind. Portable and compact, this calculator will go everywhere with you. It is big enough to use and small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.… |
| Canon LS-423 | Canon introduced with the LS-704 in 1984 a typical credit card sized calculator using solar cells instead the batteries. This otherwise identical LS-423 makes obviously a great difference! |
| Canon LS-551 | This Canon LS-551 might be one of the most stylish calculators from the Eighties. |
| Canon LS-565H | This Canon LS-565H seems to be a sibbling of the TI-1775. Probably both are far-east OEM-products sold under different names.The LS-565H was later replaced with the LS-566H.The Canon LS-565H is an… |
| Canon LS-566H | This Canon LS-566H followed the original LS-565H introduced already in 1990 and probably a sibbling of the TI-1775.The Canon LS-566H is a typical far-east designed calculator using chip-on-board (… |
| Canon LS-6 | Canon entered with the Palmtronic LC already in 1976 the market of LCD calculators and was about 6 month ahead the first Texas Instruments TI-1750.This solar-cell powered LS-6 followed the LC-6… |
| Canon LS-704 | Canon introduced in 1984 with the LS-704 a typical credit card sized calculator using solar cells instead the batteries. The LS-704 was available in either a grey or white color scheme. The… |
| Canon LS-716H | Canon introduced with the LS-704 in 1984 a typical credit card sized calculator using solar cells instead the batteries. This LS-716H sold almost 20 years later is just a slight variation of the… |
| Canon LS-718WC | Canon sold this wonderful LS-718WS calculator in 1994 as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup in the USA. The small size of its display and the huge solar cells remind us of the LS-777 III… |
| Canon LS-777 III | Canon introduced with the LS-704 in 1984 a typical credit card sized calculator using solar cells instead the batteries. This LS-777 III sold almost 10 years later is just a slight variation of… |
| Canon LX-30 | The Canon LX-30 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 6 functions, 25 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display. The power source is 2xLR44. The calculator… |
| Canon LX-40 | The Canon LX-40 looks different compared to its sibblings like the LC-8M and the LC-31. We don't know the meaning of the LX-abbreviation, most likely is eXperimental.Compared with all other known… |
| Canon MULTI 8 | The Canon Palmtronic MD-8 was the first pocket calculator using a two-line display. The upper display is the usual working display while the lower line shows the memory content or intermediate… |
| Canon Object Station | The Object Station was an Intel-based PC specifically adapted to run the NEXTSTEP O/S. There were two versions available, the 31 and the 41, with IDE & SCSI being the main difference. There… |
| Canon Palmtronic 8 | The Canon Palmtronic 8, also known as LD-84, follows the LD-83 and is one of the last members of the LD-series. The only difference to the previous LD-83 is the housing of the calculator chip. |
| Canon Palmtronic 8 mini | The Canon Palmtronic 8 mini gives roughly the features of the Palmtronic LD-80 introduced about one year earlier. Main difference is the size and weight of the housing. |
| Canon Palmtronic 8M | The Canon Palmtronic 8M, also known as LD-8M 3, is one of the successors of the LE-series. Compared to the original LE-series using a red LED-Display (Light Emitting Diodes) the later LD-series… |
| Canon Palmtronic 8s | This is a calculator with a slim and metallic design that was to be common right up to the mid 1980s. The blue and silver theme works well. The original case is a wallet style cover with the… |
| Canon Palmtronic FC-32 | The Canon Palmtronic FC-32 METRIC CONVERTER is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 6 functions, 24 keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display. The power… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-3 | The Canon Palmtronic LC-3 is an arithmetic calculator with unknown digits precision and algebraic logic. It has an unknown number of functions, unknown keys and an LCD (liquid crystal) display.… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-4 | The Canon Palmtronic LC-4 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 Palmtronic LC-81M | The Canon Palmtronic LC-81M replaced in 1979 the original LC-8M and uses still the Toshiba T3709 calculator chip and a yellow LCD. Within one year this chip was obsolete and Canon introduced the… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-82M | The Canon Palmtronic LC-82M continued the spirit of the original LC-8M and LC-81M but uses a revised calculator circuit. Everything else - with exception of the unusual pi-key - looks identical.… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-83M | The Canon Palmtronic LC-83M continued the spirit of the original LC-8M and LC-81M but introduced the Algebraic Operating System (AOS) developed by Texas Instruments with the SR-52 already 10 years… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-83MII | About one year after the introduction of the original LC-83M production was shifted to Taiwan.Engineers changed the internal construction totally and even the size of the display was reduced. If… |
| Canon Palmtronic LC-8M | The Canon Palmtronic LC-8M is one of the early calculators based on the Toshiba T3709 calculator chip and a yellow LCD. You find a similar calculator with the Texas Instruments TI-1750. Canon's… |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-10M | The Canon Palmtronic 10M, also known as LD-10M, is one of the successors of the LE-series. Compared to the original LE-series using a red LED-Display (Light Emitting Diodes) the later LD-series… |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-10M 2 | The Canon Palmtronic 10M, also known as LD-10M 2, is the successor of the first LD-10M. It was soon replaced with the LD-10M 3. |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-10M 3 | The third series of the Canon Palmtronic 10M, also known as LD-10M 3 changed the housing again. It looks now similiar to the F-31 scientific calculator. |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-80 | In 1974 Canon introduced with the Palmtronic LD-80 their first pocket calculator with the green VF-Display (Vacuum Fluorescent) and stopped the wonderful LE-series started with the famous LE-10.… |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-80 Panther D | The Canon PANTHER D is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 5 functions, 19 keys and a VFD (vacuum fluorescent) display. The power source is 4xAA batteries… |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-81 | The Canon Palmtronic LD-81 followed the original LD-80 and introduced a complete new and colourful design. The colour-coding of the keys – black for numbers, blue for functions and yellow for… |
| Canon Palmtronic LD-81 Panther 8 | The Canon PANTHER 8 is an arithmetic calculator with 8 digits precision and algebraic logic. It has 6 functions, 20 keys and a VFD (vacuum fluorescent) display. The power source is 2xAA batteries… |
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