Pocket Calculator

EvilGentleman: 21st Mar 2006 - 17:57 GMT

Reminds me of a time in the 80's when I was in Times Square and bought a walkman off a folding card table that was piled up with merchandise pretty much like this. (minus the powerpuff girl, of course)

Peter: 21st Mar 2006 - 19:30 GMT

ive had that song in my head all day after choosing that title, jeeff :)

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 21st Mar 2006 - 19:50 GMT

But why do I want to be on the Trans Europe Express?

jeeff: 22nd Mar 2006 - 17:40 GMT

hey, if you haven't heard the minimum-maximum live cd i highly recommend it. all live tracks from their world tour.

www.kraftwerk.com/info/CD/minimummaximum.html

joey: 18th May 2007 - 23:10 GMT

by my calculation
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Franny Wentzel: 11th Oct 2009 - 21:22 GMT

I want this calculator...

Slide the owl face to turn on...

Franny Wentzel: 1st Mar 2012 - 16:59 GMT

I actually have this calculator!

Mines in a darker blue...

The 'solar panel' is actually a sheet of inert plastic and serves no other purpose. Can't imagine the cost - even in China - of pressing the hole and hot-gluing the insert was worth the buck or two they got for these. I suppose someone in marketing at the Lucky Goldstar Lead & Puppy Grindery figured they'd sell better that way.

Peter: 1st Mar 2012 - 17:07 GMT

"Lucky Goldstar Lead & Puppy Grindery"

i lolled! guffawed, actually!

also: i want one of those owl calculators as well. i had a "little professor" as a kid, which was close enough to owl-like:

Franny Wentzel: 1st Mar 2012 - 18:06 GMT

Malish calculator entry at *MOSCOW* - *M*useum *O*f *S*oviet *C*alculators *O*n the *W*eb

www.taswegian.com/MOSCOW/malish.html

Franny Wentzel: 1st Mar 2012 - 23:49 GMT

Amongst the more interesting electronic artifacts in my collection is this Texas Instruments Business Analyist Calculator...

Has lighted display like the 'Little Professor'

Franny Wentzel: 2nd Mar 2012 - 00:14 GMT

Another curiosity is this 1980s 'credit card' calculator...

Solar-powered with no battery backup. Was a givaway promotional item for an insurance company.