Old Calculator Web Museum Advertising Archive
Wyle Scientific Electronic Calculator Advertisement
Early advertisement for the Wyle Laboratories "Scientific" electronic calcualtor, circa late August, 1965. The Wyle Scientific was originally introduced using
a magnetic drum for its register storage, one of the very few electronic
calculators (including the Canon 167) that such a storage medium. The use of
a magnetic drum made the machine difficult to transport due to the extremely
tight tolerances of a magnetic drum, and also prone to "crashes" if the machine
was accidentally moved or shocked while the drum was operating. The Scientific
was slightly redesigned and re-introduced utilizing a magnetostrictive delay
line to replace the drum memory, and was much more reliable as a result. It
is not clear from this advertisement if the machine pictured is the first
version, or the later version.
