Minor updates to this site are constantly being made, and photographs and page content are being reviewed and improved where appropriate. Note that this website does not use cookies and does not collect any personal information of visitors. The objective of this site is not to simply show large numbers of calculators but to feature representative examples of the various types, and highlight the main steps in the evolution from mechanical to cheap hand-held electronicĪ separate section deals with British calculators, including models for the old British sterling (pounds, shillings and pence - £sd) money system before decimalisation, and other non-decimal calculators. This site is dedicated to those who had to use slide-rules and mechanical calculators at school, university, and at work, back when the idea of a pocket electronic calculator was just a dream, and when they were eventually developedĪnd went on sale having one was still a dream since at that time they were unaffordable for most people. The increasing capability of the electronic integrated circuits can be seen, which led to the microprocessor and the personal computer.
It was during this vintage period that the electronics for calculators was at the cutting edge of electronics research.Ĭalculators evolved from large, expensive, mechanical machines to cheap, electronic, credit card sized devices.