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At the start of the 1970s the pocket calculator was the last word in personal electronics, and consumers in Europe looked eagerly towards Japan or the USA for a glimpse …read more Continue reading The First European Pocket Calculator Came From Yugoslavia
In the era of the smartphone, an electronic calculator may seem a bit old-hat. But they continue to hold a fascination in our community, both when used for their original …read more Continue reading Classic Calculator Goes RPN, With New Brain
Before there were home computers, among the hottest pieces of consumer technology to own was a pocket calculator. In the early 1970s a series of exciting new chips appeared which …read more Continue reading Decoding a ROM From a Picture of the Chip
We have to like [Nicola Marras]. First, he wrote a great mini-book about analog computers. Then he translated it into English. Finally, he opened with a picture of Mr. Spock …read more Continue reading Calculation Before We Went Digital
Somebody must really have it in for Cruise, because the bad press just keeps piling up for the robo-taxi company. We’ve highlighted many of the company’s woes in this space, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 12, 2023
It looks like [Michal Zalewski] is raising the next generation the right way. First, his eldest son asks for help building a one-bit computer from discrete transistors. Not to be …read more Continue reading Partial Relay-Based Calculator Puts the Click Where it Counts
We’re now all used to near-limitless storage on flash and other semiconductor technologies, but there was a time when persistent storage was considerably less easy to achieve. A 1970s programmable …read more Continue reading Make Your Own 1970s Magnetic Stripe Cards
If you predate the pocket calculator, you may remember slide rules. But slide rules take a a little skill to use. There was a market for other devices that were …read more Continue reading Pocket Calculator isn’t a Brain or Magic
[Sarah K Marr] dabbles in retrocomputing and has a fascination with the Hewlett Packard HP-45 calculator, the second calculator in HP’s series introduced in 1973. Over a year ago, she …read more Continue reading HP1973 Project Highlights Workings of HP-45 Calculator
Will it or won’t it? That’s the question much on the minds of astronomers, astrophysicists, and the astro-adjacent this week as Betelgeuse continued its pattern of mysterious behavior that might …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 18, 2023