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Advertisement for
the
Friden 130
Touting the Silent Operation of the Machine
Friden News Magazine, June, 1967
This advertisement speaks to the "silent" operation of the Friden 130
as compared to electromechanical calculators, which were
notorious for being quite noisy when operating. Along with the
quiet operation of the calculator, the advertisement notes the speed
of the calculator as compared to its electromechanical predecessors.
By the time this advertisement was in print, a number
of competing electronic calculator manufacturers had come to market
with electronic calculators that were smaller, actually quieter (the
mechanical keyboard action on the Friden 130 calculator made a little bit of
noise), and faster, not to mention, less-expensive than
Friden's 130 and 132 calculators.