1838
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Birth of Frank S. Baldwin, prolific and revolutionary calculating machine designer
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1845
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Birth of Willgodt Theoophil Odhner, inventor of the "pinwheel" calculating machine
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1851
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Isaac Merritt Singer forms I.M. Singer & Company, manufacturing sewing machines
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1855
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Sep
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Birth of William S. Burroughs, founder of American Arithmometer (Burroughs Corp.)
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1865
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I.M. Singer & Co. changes name to Singer Manufacturing Co.
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1875
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Hisashige Tanaka opens Shibaura Engineering Works Co. (precursor to Toshiba)
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1878
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Bell Punch Co., Ltd. incorporated
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1884
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National Cash Register Co. founded by John H. Patterson
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1886
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Jan
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American Arithmometer Co. (precusor to Burroughs) founded in St. Louis, Missouri
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Carl Walther Company founded, producing firearms
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1887
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Dorr E. Felt and Robert Tarrant form partnership doing business as "Felt & Tarrant"
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1890
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Ichisuke Fujioka & Shoichi Miyoshi form Hakunetsusha & Co., Ltd. (later Tokyo Electic Company)
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1891
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Gerard Philips starts business in Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
manufacturing light bulbs (precursor to Philips Electronics, N.V.)
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Apr
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Carl Friden born in Alvesta, Sweden
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1896
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Herman Hollerith founds Tabulating Machine Co. (precursor to IBM)
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1898
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Sep
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William S. Burroughs passes away
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1899
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Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. (NEC) established
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1902
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Jan
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Curt Herzstark, inventor of the Curta Calculator, Born in Vienna, Austria [26-Jan]
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Birth of Toshio Iue, founder of Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
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Sep
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Heinrich & Margarete Diehl begin business as a metal artwork foundry (Beginning of Diehl Corp.)
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1903
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Union Schreibmaschinen GmbH founded in Berlin. (Beginnings of Olympia International)
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1904
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American Arithmometer Co. moves from St. Louis to Detroit
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1905
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Willgodt T. Odhner passes away
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Mercedes Euklid established in Germany
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American Arithmometer Co. renamed to "Burroughs Adding Machine Co."
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1908
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Universal Adding Machine Co. acquired by Burroughs
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Yasui Sewing Machine Co. established (precursor to Brother)
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Oct
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Camillo Olivetti founds Ing. G. Olivetti & Co., S.p.A., in Ivrea, Italy, manufacturing typewriters
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1909
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Burroughs buys Pike Adding Machine Co.
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1910
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Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. founded by Frederick Whitney Horne (later, Denon) |
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Feb
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Uchida Denshi Kogyo Co., Ltd (a.k.a. Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.) founded
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Jun
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Konrad Zuse born in Berlin, Germany
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Sperry Gyroscope Co. founded
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Brothers Rodney and Alfred Marchant begin manufacturing calculating machines in Oakland, California
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Namihei Odaira founds Hitachi, Ltd.
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1911
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Tabulating Machine Co. changes name to Computing, Tabulating and Recording Co. (CTR), later becomes IBM.
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1912
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N.V. Philips Gloeilampfabrieken Incorporated
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Apr
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Jay R. Monroe and Frank Baldwin establish the Monroe Calculator Co.
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Sep
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David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett Packard, born in Pueblo, Colorado
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1913
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Marchant brothers incorporate calculator business as Marchant Calculating Machine Co.
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1915
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Tokuji Hayakawa founds the beginnings of Sharp Corp.
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Tadashi Sasaki born in Taiwan
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1916
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National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers founded in Chicago
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1917
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Nov
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Tadao Kashio born, Nangoku City, Japan
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1918
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Addo AB founded in Malmo, Sweden by Hugo Agrell
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Facit founded in Sweden
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Mar
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Victor Adding Machine Co. founded in Chicago, IL, by Carl Buehler
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1919
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Birth of Barney Oliver, Radar Pioneer, and later, founding director of HP Labs, responsible for overseeing development of groundbreaking HP 9100-A and HP-35 calculators.
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Jun
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Birth of Stanley Frankel, Manhattan Project Physicist, Computer & Calculator designer. See exhibit on the SCM/Marchant Cogito 240SR for more information. [6-Jun]
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Willard Rockwell forms a company in Wisconsin making truck axle bearings forming the foundation of what becomes Rockwell International
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The first Victor Adding Machine, the Model 110, is introduced
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1920
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Feb
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An Wang born in Shanghai, China (Future founder of Wang Laboratories)
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1921
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp. formed as spinoff of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co.
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Moon-Hopkins Billing Machine Co. purchased by Burroughs
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1922
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Laurence Marshall and Vannevar Bush found American Appliance Co. (becomes Raytheon)
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1923
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Hayakawa Electric's facilities destroyed by earthquake & fire, rebuilt in Osaka
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Dictaphone Corp. formed out of Columbia Gramophone Co.
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Nov
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Birth of Jack Kilby, inventor of the first experimental Integrated Circuit
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1924
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Birth of Yoshio Kojima - Future Founder of Busicom
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Carl Walther Company begins manufacture and sale of calculating machines
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co. listed on New York Stock Exchange
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Computing, Tabulating, and Recording Co. changes name to International Business Machines (IBM)
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1925
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Due to a name clash, American Appliance Co. changes name to Raytheon Co.
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Apr
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Frank S. Baldwin, calculator designer at Monroe, passes away [8-Apr]
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Apr
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Heinz Nixdorf born in Paderborn, Germany
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1926
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L.C. Smith & Bros. and Corona Typewriter merge
to become Smith Corona
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1927
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Remington Typewriter Co. and Rand Kardex merge to form Remington Rand
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Remington Rand purchases Powers Accounting Machine Co.
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Dec
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Birth of Robert Noyce, inventor of the first practical Integrated Circuit, and co-founder of Integrated Electronics (Intel) [12-Dec]
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1928
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Nippon Calculating Machine Co. Ltd. founded in Osaka, Japan
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Brand name "Brother" created by Yasui Sewing Machine Co.
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Sep
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Paul Galvin founds Galvin Manufacturing Corp., in Chicago, Illinois (Precursor to Motorola)
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1929
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Jan
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Birth of Gordon E. Moore, Co-Founder of Intel, and creator of "Moore's Law" [3-Jan]
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Feb
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Massimo Rinaldi, Designer and patent holder of IME Calculators, Born [21-Feb]
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Carl Friden leaves as head of design department of Marchant Calculating Machine Co.
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National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers renamed to Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute
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Dec
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Idek Tramielski (Jack Tramiel) Born in Lodz, Poland [13-Dec]
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1930
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May
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Geophysical Service founded. (Precursor to Texas Instruments)
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Union Schreibmaschinen GmbH moves from Berlin to
Erfürt Germany.
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Union Schreibmaschinen GmbH renamed to
"Europa Schreibmaschinen AG", creates the brand name "Olympia" for their
typewriters
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Dorr Eugene Felt, co-founder of Felt & Tarrant, passes away
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Dec
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Birth of Pier Giorgio Perotto, designer of the Olivetti Programma 101 programmable electronic calculator
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1931
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Mar
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Julius J. Muray, (VP of Cintra) Born in Hungary [22-Mar]
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1932
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Carl Buehler, fouder of Victor Adding Machine Co., passes away
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1933
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Seiki Kogaku Kenkyusho (Precision Optical Industry) established (precursor to Canon Camera Co.)
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Mar
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Birth of Atsushi Asada, visionary engineer behind development of Electronic Calculators at Hayakawa Electric (Sharp)
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Birth of William Kahn, designer of Mathatronics Mathatron calculator
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May
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Friden Calculating Machine, Co., begins operations in Oakland, California
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Sperry Corp. formed
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1934
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Jan
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Friden Calculating Machine Co. formally registered
as a California business
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Yasui Sewing Machine Co. formed into Nippon Sewing Machine Mfg. Co. (Now Brother Industries, Ltd.)
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Barry Wright Corp. founded (later purchased Mathatronics, Inc.)
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1935
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IBM announces the 601 Multiplying Punch (electro-mechanical punched-card calculator) |
1936
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Feb
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Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. founded (precursor to Ricoh)
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Europa Schreibmaschinen AG renamed Olympia
Büromaschinen Werke AG (Olympia Office Machine Works)
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Friden Calculating Machine, Co., moves to San Leandro, California
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1937
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Aug
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Seiki Kogaku Kenkyusho (Precision Optical Industry) Co., Ltd. incorporated (Precursor to Canon Camera Co.)
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Oct
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Marcian (Ted) Hoff, designer of the first single-chip microprocessor, born in Rochester, New York
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1938
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Konrad Zuse completes the mostly mechanical V1 (later known as Z1), a prototype of a programmable calculating machine using binary elements |
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Mar
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Riken Kankoshi Co. Ltd. changes name to Riken Optical Co. Ltd.
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Dec
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Incorporation of Geophysical Service (precursor of Texas Instruments)
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1939
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Jan
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Hewlett Packard founded in Palo Alto, California
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Tokyo Electric Co. and Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. merge to form Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (Later, Toshiba)
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Clary Corp. founded by Hugh L. Clary
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Geophysical Service Inc.(GSI) changes name to Coronado Corp., GSI continues as subsidiary.
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Apr
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Construction of Bell Laboratories' relay-based "Complex Number Calculator" begins
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Oct
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Bell Laboratories' relay-based "Complex Number Calculator" completed
[First Relay-Based General Purpose Calculator]
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1940
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Sep
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Public Demonstration of Bell Labs' "Complex Number Calculator"
[First "Remote Control" Calculator]
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Nov
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Birth of Harold Koplow (Senior Calculator Engineer at Wang Labs)
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1941
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GSI Subsidiary of Coronado Corp. sold
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May
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Uchida Denshi Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Uchida Yoko) incoroporated
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Small four-function relay calculator developed by Fuji Electric Works, Japan
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Dec
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Konrad Zuse completes the V3 (later known as Z3) relay-based programmable calculator
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1942
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Michael James Cochran born in Daytona Beach, Florida
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Birth of Ed Roberts, founder of MITS
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Tokuji Hawakawa's Company changes business name to "Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd."
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1943
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Jan
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Harvard Mark I (also called ASCC, for Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator) completed
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Curt Herzstark begins design of what becomes the Curta calculator while imprisoned in German concentration camp
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Masatoshi Shima born in Shizuoka, Japan
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Sep
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Bell Labs completes the programmable "Model II Relay Calculator"
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1945
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Apr
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Nippon Calculatoing Machine Co., Ltd. re-founded after World War II
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Apr
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Carl Friden, founder of Friden Calculating Machine Co., passes away
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Walter S. Johnson assumes role as President of Friden Calculating Machine Co.
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1946
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Jan
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Tektronix, Inc. founded by Jack Murdock and Howard Vollum
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Apr
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Tadao Kashio founds "Kashio Seisansho" (Kashio Manufacturing, later "Casio Computer Co., Ltd.")
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May
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Ltd. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.) established (later, Sony) by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita.
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Nippon Calculating Machine Corp. Incorporated (to become Busicom Corp.)
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Tadashi Sasaki visits transistor technology researchers at Bell Labs
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Nov
|
Calculating race between desktop electromechanical calculator and abacus - Abacus Won!
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1947
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Galvin Manufacturing Corp. changes name to "Motorola, Inc."
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Curta Calculator (Type I) begins production
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Sanyo Electric Works founded, Osaka Japan
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Aug
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Hewlett Packard Co. incorporated
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Sep
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Seiki Kogako Kenkyusho (Precision Optical Industry) Co., Ltd. changes name to "Canon Camera Co. Inc."
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Dec
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The point contact transistor is invented at Bell Laboratories
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1948
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Jun
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Bell Laboratories formally announces the development of the transistor
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Raytheon introduces the first commercial point-contact transistor, the CK703
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1949
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Wyle Laboratories founded, El Segundo, CA
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|
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Introduction of the Friden STW-10 electromechanical calculator at the fall New York Business Show
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Bell Labs' Complex Number Calculator decommissioned
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1950
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Jan
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Oi Electric Co. Ltd., founded
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|
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Coronado Corp. changes name to General Instruments Inc.
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|
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Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., incorporated
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Canon Camera Co., Inc. opens branch office in New York City
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Diehl Corp. begins development of calculating machines
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1951
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Jan
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Due to a name clash, General Instruments Inc. changes name to Texas Instruments Inc.
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|
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The junction transistor is invented by William Shockley
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Jun
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Dr. An Wang founds Wang Laboratories
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|
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Concept of microprogramming conceived by Maurice Wilkes at Cambridge University
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Jul
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Bell Labs announces the development of the junction transistor
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1952
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Takachiho Koheki Co. Ltd. founded
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|
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Physical Research Laboratories acquired by Marchant Calculators, Inc., renamed Marchant Research Inc.
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Bell Labs begins selling licensing rights to transistor technology for $25,000.
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First demonstration of magnetic core memory
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|
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Friden SRW electromechanical calculator introduced
[First Electromechanical Calculator with Automatic Square Root]
|
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Jul
|
Hans Nixdorf founds Labor für Impulstechnik, in Koln, Germany (later, Nixdorf Computer Inc.)
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|
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Diehl Corp. begins production of semi-automatic calculators
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1953
|
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National Cash Register Co., acquires Computer Research Corp., forming NCR Electronics Division
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co. renamed to "Burroughs Corp."
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Raytheon announces the first mass-produced commercial junction transistor, the Germanium PNP CK722.
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1954
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Büromaschinen Werke AG renamed to Olympia Werke AG
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Mar
|
Parametron invented in Japan by Eiji Goto (Parametron Used in Oi Electric's Aleph Zero Calculator)
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Brother International Corp. established in US by Nippon Sewing Machine Mfg. Co.
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|
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Burroughs purchases Haydu Brothers (George and Zoltan), manufacturers of vacuum tubes. Haydu Brothers eventually bring experimental gas-discharge tube display device to production reality.
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May
|
Texas Instruments introduces the first mass-produced commercial Silicon Transistor
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May
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Transistors manufactured by Sony begin selling in Japan
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|
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Production of the Curta Type II begins
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Dec
|
Toshio Kashio (Kashio Manufacturing) completes prototype solenoid-operated electric calculator
|
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Dec
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The Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio, is introduced
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1955
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Feb
|
Monroe introduces the Monrobot III Programmable Desk-Sized Calculator
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Mar
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Monroe introduces the Monrobot V Programmable Desk-Sized Calculator
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|
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Autonetics established as an independent division of North American Rockwell specializing in military equipment
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|
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Texas Instruments introduces the first Silicon junction transistors, the 900-Series
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|
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Typewriter marketing firm, Commodore International Ltd., founded by Jack Tramiel in Toronto, Canada
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May
|
Dr. An Wang granted U.S. Patent 2,708,722 for principles of magnetic core memory
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|
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Remington Rand merges with Sperry Gyroscope Corp., forming Sperry Rand
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Jun
|
Wang Laboratories incorporated
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1956
|
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Development project behind the Bell Punch electronic calculator begins
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Mar
|
Dr. An Wang assigns rights to core memory principles patent to IBM
|
|
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Fuji Telecommunications Mfg. (later Fujitsu) introduces FACOM 100 programmable relay calculator (~4,500 relays)
|
|
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Casio shows prototype 14-A relay Calculator (342 relays)
|
1957
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Jan
|
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Founded
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|
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Sherman Fairchild, founder of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, funds startup of Fairchild Semiconductor
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|
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Felt and Tarrant Mfg. Co. becomes "Comptometer Corp."
|
|
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Radio Corporation of America (RCA) introduces the ubiquitous 2N404 PNP
alloy-junction Germanium transistor, which was heavily used in early
electronic calculator designs.
|
|
|
Busicom (Business Computer) & Co., Ltd. incorporated (part of Nippon Calculating Machine Corp.)
|
|
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Clary Corp. introduces a programmable electronic "desk" calculator, the DE-60
|
|
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The "Nixie" numeric display tube goes into volume production at Burroughs
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Jun
|
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. incorporated
|
|
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IBM introduces the
610 "Auto-Point" calculator
(floating point, programmable w/magnetic drum, vacuum-tube logic)
|
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Nov
|
Casio 14-A Relay Calculator debuts for sale
[Casio's First Calculator]
|
|
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Uchida Yoko Co. contracted as exclusive distributor of Casio relay calculators
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1958
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Jan
|
Bell Punch begins design of electronic calculator
|
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Jan
|
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. renamed to "Sony Corp."
|
|
|
Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. established as spin off from Matsusushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. introduces the NEAC-1101 and NEAC-1102 computers based on Parametron technology
|
|
|
Monroe Calculating Machine Co. acquired by Litton Industries
|
|
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Marchant acquires Johnson Adding Machine Co.
|
|
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Marchant Calculating Machine Co. acquired by Smith Corona
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Sep
|
First Integrated Circuits: Jack Kilby, Texas Instruments/Robert Noyce, Fairchild
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|
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Sumlock Comptometer Anita C/VII (Mark 7) ready for sale, but salespeople were skeptical.
[First Marketed Electronic Desktop Calculator - Very Limited Sales in Europe]
|
1959
|
|
Hitachi establishes business presence in the US, Hitachi America, Ltd.
|
|
|
Friden SBT-10 clectromechanical calculator introduced
|
Apr
|
Casio 14-B relay calculator (Automatic Square Root)
|
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May
|
National Semiconductor founded in Danbury, Connecticut
|
1960
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Feb
|
First customer shipment of Clary DE 60 "Desk-sized" programmable electronic calculator
|
|
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Development of electronic calculator begins at Hayakawa Electric(Sharp) under direction of Atsushi Asada
|
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Mar
|
Texas Instruments announces the SN502 "Solid Circuit" Silicon Monolithic IC Flip Flop ($450 Retail Price Per Flip Flop!)
[TI's First Commercially Sold Digital IC]
|
|
|
Comptometer Corp. sells right use trademark "Comptometer" to Control Systems Ltd., the owner of Bell Punch Co. Ltd., and Sumlock, Ltd.
|
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Mar
|
Casio 301 Scientific relay calculator introduced
|
1961
|
|
William Kahn begins specification for Mathatron calculator - Goal: Advance the State of the Art of desktop calculating machines through electronics
|
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Feb
|
Casio announces the "TUC Compuwriter", a calculating machine
that interfaced a relay calculator to a Toshiba-made I/O typewriter, capable of
performing automatic mathematical operations, and formatting the results on
the typewriter. The machine was marketed by Toshiba, Uchida Yoko, and Casio (thus the TUC name), and marked the high point in Casio's relay calculator
technology.
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Apr
|
Logicon Inc. founded by eight engineers in Southern California
|
|
|
Sumlock Comptometer Ltd. founded, primary distributor for Bell Punch calculators
|
|
|
Nippon Sewing Machine Mfg. Co. (Brother) begins manufacturing office products
|
|
|
Tadashi Sasaki earns his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University
|
|
|
BEMA (Business Equipment Manufacturers Association) formed from reorganization of Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute
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|
Oct |
Sumlock Comptometer Announces the Anita C/VII (Mk 7) at the Hamburg Business Equipment Fair
|
|
Oct |
Sumlock Comptometer Anita C/VIII (Mk 8) announced at London Exposition
[First Mass-Marketed Electronic Desktop Calculator]
|
|
Oct |
Victor Adding Machine Co. and Comptometer Corp. merge to form Victor Comptometer Corp.
|
|
Oct |
First exhibition of the Anita C/VIII (Mk 8) at the Business Efficiency Exhibition in London
|
1962
|
Jan
|
Sumlock Comptometer begins accepting orders for the Anita Mk7 and Anita Mk8
calculators.
|
|
Feb
|
Mathatronics Inc., founded by William Kahn, Roy Reach, and David Shapiro. Design of Mathatron calculator begins
|
|
|
Philips demonstrates two prototype transistorized electronic comptometers,
and a 3-function (+,-,X) 10-key calculator
|
|
|
Industria Macchine Elettroniche (IME) founded in Rome, Italy, as partnership
between Dr. Massimo Rinaldi and Edison S.p.A.
|
|
May
|
Addmaster Corp. incorporated to manufacture low-cost adding machines utilizing DuPont DELRIN(TM) plastic components
|
|
|
Commodore International, Ltd. goes public, changes name to Commodore Business Machines
|
|
|
Nippon Sewing Machine Mfg. Co. changes name to Brother Industries, Ltd.
|
|
|
Smith Corona changes company name to SCM Corp.
|
|
|
Saburo Uemura, researcher at Sony, demonstrates hand-built prototype electronic calculator, the Sony MD-3
|
|
|
Olivetti begins design of Programma 101 electronic calculator
|
|
Nov
|
Soviet Union demonstrates operational prototype of an all-electronic calculator, precursor to VEGA
|
|
|
Oi Electric Co., Ltd. (Japan) begins project for development of an electronic calculator
|
|
|
Friden SRQ electromechanical calculator introduced
|
|
Dec
|
Working prototype of Mathatron calculator formally shown to investors of Mathatronics Inc.
|
1963
|
Mar
|
First order for two Mathatronics Mathatron calculators placed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
|
|
Apr
|
Riken Optical Co. Ltd. changes name to "Ricoh Co., Ltd." |
|
Jun
|
Friden exhibits Friden 130 electronic calculator
[First Transistorized Electronic Calculator]
|
|
|
Sanyo introduces the "Cadnica" line of Nickel-Cadmium Rechargeable batteries
|
|
|
Singer Manufacturing Co. changes named to Singer Corp.
|
|
|
Diehl Corp. introduces the "Transmatic", a four-function electromechanical automatic calculator
|
|
|
SCM Corp. moves manufacturing of Marchant mechanical calculators from Oakland, CA, to Orangeburg, SC
|
|
|
Fairchild introduces the first RTL (Resistor-Transistor Logic) Flip Flop IC, the 907
|
|
Jul
|
General Micro-electronics, Inc. (GM-e), a spinoff of Fairchild Semiconductor, founded
|
|
Jul
|
Sale of Friden Calculating Machine Co. to Singer Corp. announced
|
|
Jul
|
Mathatronics Inc., successfully completes first customer shipment of Mathatron Model 8-48 calculator to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for shipboard research use
|
|
Jul
|
Canon Camera Co. Inc. completes prototype 10-key electronic calculator
|
|
Aug
|
Oi Electric exhibits trial production prototype of
Aleph Zero
calculator
|
|
Oct
|
Sale of Friden Calculating Machine Co. to Singer Corp. Completed
|
|
Nov
|
Mathatronics Mathatron formally introduced @ NEREM show, Boston
[Many Firsts: First All-Transistor w/Magnetic Core Memory, "Learn Mode" Stored Program, Floating Decimal, Scientific Notation, Algebraic Logic, Automatic Square Root]
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1964
|
|
Dr. Tadashi Sasaki leaves Fujitsu for senior management position at Hayakawa Electric (Sharp)
|
|
|
Casio builds prototype transistorized desktop calculator
|
|
|
Wang Labs begins development of LOCI-1 Calculator
|
|
Mar
|
Italy's IME (Industria Macchine Elettroniche) introduces the IME 84 electronic calculator
[IME's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Mar
|
Sony shows prototype MD-5 electronic calculator, 8 Digits, Nixie Display
[Sony's First Desktop Electronic Calculator - Not Marketed]
|
|
Mar
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) shows prototype Compet 10
(Model CS-10A) transistorized electronic calculator
|
|
Mar
|
Oi Electric Co., Ltd. shows production version of
Aleph Zero 101
electronic calculator
[Parametron (ferro-electronic) Circuitry]
|
|
Apr
|
Wyle Laboratories demonstrates prototype WS-02 calculator at Spring Joint Computer Conference
|
|
May
|
Canon Shows Canola 130 Prototype
[Canon's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Jun
|
General Micro-Electronics (GM-e) produces their first MOS IC, a 20-Bit Shift Register
|
|
Jun
|
Fairchild introduces the 930-Series DTL IC Logic "Family" (4 IC's)
|
|
Jun
|
Casio 401 advanced relay calculator
|
|
Jun
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) begins sale of Compet 10 (CS-10A)
[Sharp's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
|
Citizen Business Machine Inc. established as subsidiary of Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
Soviet "VEGA" electronic calculator begins production
[Soviet Union's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Aug
|
On success of the Compet 10, Hayakawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Sharp) forms Industrial Instrument Division to develop of electronic calculator business
|
|
|
Sumlock Comptometer Anita C/IX (Mark 9) debuts
|
|
Sep
|
Wang Laboratories introduces the
LOCI-1 calculator.
|
|
Sep
|
Dr. An Wang granted Patent 3,402,285 for principles of original Wang LOCI calculator
|
|
Oct
|
Canon formally introduces the Canon 130
|
|
Oct
|
Texas Instruments begins sale of SN5400/7400-Series TTL Integrated Circuits in flat-pack packages
|
|
Dec
|
British electronic component manufacturer Mullard shows prototype electronic calculator utilizing thyratrons and transistors
|
|
|
Wyle Laboratories WS-02 "Scientific" debuts
|
1965
|
Jan
|
Wang LOCI-2 debuts
[Wang's First Programmable Calculator]
|
|
|
Olivetti's Electronics Division (which made electronic calculators) sold to General Electric
|
|
|
Wanderer Werke introduces the Wanderer Conti electronic calculator
|
|
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Malcolm McMillan demos prototype electronic calculator that performs trigonometric functions to Hewlett Packard
|
|
Victor Comptometer contracts with General Micro-electronics (GM-e) for development of 29-Chip MOS calculator chipset
|
|
Friden 132 debuts (Added Square Root to Friden 130)
|
|
|
Olympia Werke AG introduces the RAE 4/15
[Olympia's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
|
Data Acquisition Corp. introduces the DAC-512 programmable desktop calculator.
|
|
May
|
Casio 402 Financial relay-based calculator debuts
|
|
Jun
|
Thomas Osborne demos his "Green Machine" scientific calculator prototype to HP executives
|
|
Jun
|
Casio ends exclusive distribution agreement with Uchida Yoko Co.
|
|
|
Royal McBee acquired by Litton Industries
|
|
|
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (Toshiba) establishes U.S. business presence
|
|
Sep
|
Texas Instruments'
"Cal-Tech"
skunkworks project begins
|
|
Sep
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 20 (CS-20A)
[Sharp's First Use of Silicon Transistors]
|
|
Sep
|
Casio 001 introduced
[Casio's First All-Electronic Calculator]
|
Oct
|
Victor Comptometer introduces the
Victor 3900 using General Micro-electronics' (GM-e) MOS Chipset
[First MOS LSI IC-Based Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Oct
|
Olivetti Programma 101 announced
[Olivetti's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Oct
|
Wang Laboratories' first public demonstation of new 300-Series Calculator
|
|
Nov
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 21 (CS-21A), adds square root to the Compet 20
|
|
Nov
|
Canon introduces the Canon 161
|
|
Dec
|
Toshiba BC-1001 Introduced
[Toshiba's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
|
Combined output of Japanese electronic desktop calculator manufacturers for 1965 is 4,355 machines
|
1966
|
Jan
|
Casio Root 001 introduced
[Casio's First Electronic Calculator with Square Root]
|
|
Mar
|
Wang Laboratories begins production of 300-Series Calculators
|
|
|
Sumlock Anita Electronics Ltd. split from Bell Punch to design and build electronic calculators
|
|
|
Diehl introduces the Combitron electronic programmable printing desktop calculator
[Diehl's first electronic calculator]
|
|
|
IME introduces the IME 86 calculator
|
|
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 30 (CS-30A) Calculator
[First use of Small-Scale (bipolar) IC's in an electronic calculator]
|
|
|
SCM (Smith-Corona-Marchant) begins sale of the Cogito 240SR Electronic Calculator
[SCM's First All-Electronic(Transistorized) Calculator]
|
|
May
|
Casio 164 electronic calculator introduced
|
|
Jul
|
Casio 101 introduced in Japan
[First Electronic Calculator Exported by Casio]
|
|
Jul
|
Nippon Calculating Machine Co., Ltd. introduces the transistorized Busicom 161 electronic calculator
[NCM's First All-Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Jul
|
Mathatronics, Inc., purchased by Barry Wright Corp., becomes Mathatronics division
|
|
|
Canon U.S.A., Inc. incorporated
|
|
|
Sumlock Comptometer introduces the Anita C/XII (Mark 12)
[Sumlock's First All-Transistor Calculator]
|
|
Sep
|
Casio exports its first electronic calculator to Australia, The Casio 101
|
|
|
Texas Instruments Begins Sale of SN5400/7400-Series TTL IC's in Plastic Dual-Inline Packages
|
|
Nov
|
Toshiba Introduces the BC-1411
|
|
|
Facit begins marketing electronic calculators through OEM agreement with Sharp
|
|
|
American Microsystems Inc. (AMI) founded in Santa Clara, California
|
|
|
Monroe introduces the EPIC 2000 transistorized electronic calculator
|
|
Dec
|
Texas Instruments completes "Cal-Tech" prototype
[First IC-Based "Handheld" Calculator - Not Sold]
|
|
|
Combined output of Japanese electronic desktop calculator manufacturers for 1966 is 25,532 machines
|
1967
|
Jan
|
Hitachi introduces KK-12 (ELKA-12) in Japan. OEM'd by Friden to become the Friden 1112
[Hitachi's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
|
Sony begins marketing the SOBAX ICC-400, an electronic calculator built with hybrid circuits
[Sony's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Feb
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 31 (CS-31A)
[Sharp's First use of Small-Scale Bipolar IC's]
|
|
Mar
|
Canon introduces the Canola 151 (reduced capacity version of the Canon 161
|
|
Mar
|
Annual IEEE Convention, New York, NY.
|
|
Mar
|
Wang informally introduces the Wang Model 4000 computer system at IEEE Convention
|
|
Mar
|
Commodore enters OEM agreement with Casio for sales of Casio calculators under the Commodore brand in US & Canada |
|
Mar
|
Texas Instruments shows "Cal-Tech" prototype
[Prototype LSI IC-Based "Handheld" Calculator]
|
|
|
North American Aviation and Rockwell-Standard Merge to form North American Rockwell
|
|
|
Data Acquisition Corp. bought out by Picker Nuclear.
|
|
|
Monroe introduces the EPIC 3000 programmable transistorized electronic calculator
|
|
|
Chip maker Intersil founded
|
|
|
Chip maker Electronic Arrays founded
|
|
Jun
|
Toshiba introduces the BC-1201
|
|
Jun
|
Uchida Yoko, Co., Ltd. introduces the USAC 10B
[Uchida Yoko's First Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Jun
|
Sony introduces Sobax ICC-500
hybrid circuit electronic calculator.
[Sony's First Production Electronic Calculator]
|
|
Jul
|
Sony introduces the Sobax ICC-600 calculator
|
|
Jul
|
Wang Laboratories begins publishing "The Wang Laboratories Programmer"
|
|
|
David Shapiro leaves Mathatronics
|
|
|
Masatoshi Shima joins Busicom(NCM) Corp.
|
|
|
North American Rockwell sets up facility for producing Metal-Oxide Semiconductor integrated circuits for military use (under Autonetics Division)
|
|
Jul
|
Wang Labs announces the Model 370 programmer for the 300-Series calculator
|
|
Aug
|
Sharp introduces the
Compet 32 (CS-32A), follow on
machine to the Compet 31.
|
|
Aug
|
Wang Labs first publically demonstrates the 370 Programmer at WESCON Los Angeles
|
|
Aug
|
Wang Laboratories goes public
|
|
Sep
|
Casio forms OEM relationship with Sperry Remington |
|
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) introduces Compet 16 (CS-16A)
[First use of MOS Integrated Circuits in Production Calculator]
|
|
Oct
|
9th Annual BEMA (Business Equipment Manufacturers Assoc.) Show, New York, NY (Oct. 23rd-27th)
|
|
Oct
|
Casio AL-1000 transistorized calculator debuts
[Casio's First Programmable Electronic]
|
|
Nov
|
Cintra founded by Irwin Wunderman in his garage, manufacturing digital energy measurement instruments
|
|
Nov
|
Busicom introduces the Model 141 and 162(NCR 18-2) calculators
|
|
Nov
|
NCM/Busicom introduces the Model 202 CRT-display calculator
[Designed by Wyle Laboratories under contract to NCM]
|
|
Dec
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 16 (CS-16A) calculator
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard Corp. pays Olivetti $900K in settlement for violations of
Olivetti Programma 101 patents
|
1968
|
Mar
|
Hewlett Packard 9100A first shown at IEEE Electro Show in New York
[HP's First. Groundbreaking Capability]
|
|
Mar
|
Dr. An Wang, CEO of Wang Laboratories, given sneak previre of HP9100A At IEEE Electo Show by HP Founder Bill Hewlett
|
|
Mar
|
Wang introduces Model 380 programmer keyboard/display unit for 300-Series calculator
|
|
Mar
|
Wang 362E introduced
|
|
Apr
|
Harold Koplow starts work at Wang Laboatories
|
|
Apr
|
Labor für Impulstechnik (LFI) purchases Wanderer Werke AG, a German office machine manufacturer & distributor
|
|
Apr
|
Wang Laboratories announces the 379-5 Output Writer, a modified IBM Selectric
typewriter used for programmed output from the 370 Programming Keyboard.
|
|
|
Facit builds a large new calculator factory in Sweden
|
|
|
Sharp introduces the Compet 22 (Model CS-22A)
|
|
|
Dr. An Wang granted US Patent on logarithm-generating circuits
|
|
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) and Rockwell/Autonetics (later, Rockwell Semiconductor) form LSI calculator chip development alliance
|
|
|
Singer Corp. acquires General Precision Equipment Corp.
|
|
|
Labor für Impusltechnik (LFI) renamed Nixdorf Computer AG
|
|
|
MITS (Micro Instrumentation & Telemetry Systems) founded by Ed Roberts and associates |
|
|
Computer Design Corp. founded, spin-off from Wyle Laboratories
|
|
Jul
|
Wang Laboratories closes purchase of Philip Hankins, Inc. (PHI). Dave Moros from PHI instrumental in development of future Wang Calculator architectures.
|
|
Jul
|
NCR signs OEM agreement with Nippon Calculating Machine Co. for sale of NCM calculators under NCR brandname
|
|
Jul
|
Integrated Electronics (Intel) Corp. founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce
|
|
Aug
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) QT-8D calculator debuts in Japan utilizing Rockwell/Authnetics-manufactured LSI chipset
[First LSI (Large Scale Integration) Calculator]
|
|
Aug
|
Busicom introduces the Model 162C electronic calculator
|
|
|
Victor Comptometer acquires exclusive distribution rights from Nixdorf Computer for sale of Wanderer calculators as Victor 1500-series.
|
|
Sep
|
Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. (later Epson) introduces EP-101 digital printer
|
|
Sep
|
Hewlett Packard HP 9100A formally announced for sale in HP's corporate technology publication, the HP Journal
|
|
Sep
|
Wang Laboratories stock begins trading on the American Stock Exchange
|
|
Oct
|
Wang Laboratories introduces 360SE electronics package[Last Wang 300-Series Calculator]
|
|
Dec
|
Uchida Yoko, Co., Ltd. introduces the USAC-22B electronic calculator
|
1969
|
|
Rockwell Microelectronics Corp. formed out of Rockwell's Autonetics Division
|
|
|
Mostek opens for business in Carrollton, Texas
|
|
Jan
|
Wang introduces 200-Series "business" calculators
|
|
Jan
|
Wang announces CP-2 Card Programmer for 200/300-Series calculators
|
|
Feb
|
Wang 700-Series calculators announced (Vapor!)
|
|
Feb
|
Busicom introduces the Wyle Laboratories-designed Model 207 and 2017 programmable electronic calculators
|
|
Mar
|
Wang Laboratories, Inc., acquires Medical Systems and Data Corp. of Boston, MA
|
|
|
North American Philips Corp. formed as merger of Consolidated Electric Co., and North American Philips Co., Inc.
|
|
|
Toshio Iue, founder of Sanyo, passes away
|
|
Mar
|
Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) QT-8D introduced in US at New York IEEE trade show
|
|
May
|
Wang introduces model 301 Column Printer for Wang 200/300-Series calculators
|
|
May
|
Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. shows revolutionary EP-101 printer at 38th Business Show in Tokyo
|
|
May
|
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Founded
|
|
|
Dictaphone Corp. enters the electronic calculator business, marketing Sanyo-made calculators under the Dictaphone brand.
|
|
|
Barry Wright Corp. sells Mathatronics division
|
|
May
|
Casio AS-A/121-A debuts
|
|
Aug
|
Hitach introduces the KK-24 (ELKA-24) in Japan. OEM'd by Friden to become the Friden 1114.
|
|
Aug
|
Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. shows EP-101 printer at WESCON show in San Francisco
|
|
|
Canon Camera Co., Inc. changes name to "Canon, Inc."
|
|
Sep
|
Busicom contacts Intel concerning development of complex calculator chipset
|
|
|
William Kahn, Roy Reach leave Mathatronics
|
|
Oct
|
Hewlett Packard 9100B introduced
|
|
Oct
|
Intel presents concept of microprocessor to Busicom as alternative for calculator chipset design
|
|
|
Fairchild introduces the first static RAM IC, the 4100, holding 256 bits
|
|
Nov
|
Hitach introduces the KK-32 (ELKA-32) in Japan. OEM'd by Friden to become the Friden 1115.
|
|
Nov
|
Cintra 909 Scientist introduced
|
|
|
Intel introduces it's own static 256-bit MOS Random Access Memory IC, the 1101
|
|
|
MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) incorporated
|
1970
|
Jan
|
Ricoh Co, Ltd. founds Ricoh of America, a wholly-owned US subsidiary, located in New Jersey.
|
|
Jan
|
Wang finally begins delivery of Wang 700-Series calculators
|
|
|
American Microsystems, Inc. (AMI) forms Unicom division for development and sale of electronic calculators
|
|
|
Hayakawa Electric Industry Co. changes name to "Sharp Corp."
|
|
Oi Electric Co., Ltd. exits calculator market
|
|
Feb
|
Formal agreement between Busicom Corp. and Intel for development of microprocessor for calculator application
|
|
Feb
|
Wang Laboratories announces the Wang 3300 Timeshared Computer System
|
|
Mar
|
Wang formally introduces the Wang 720A/B Calculators
|
|
Mar
|
Sharp QT-8D begins sales in US
|
|
Apr
|
LED (and later, calculator) manufacturer Litronix founded by George E. Smith and six associates
|
|
Apr
|
Canon announces the Canon Pocketronic, begins sales in Japan
|
|
Apr
|
Federico Faggin (Future founder of Zilog) hired away from Fairchild by Intel to work on microprocessor design for Nippon Calculating Machine Corp. (Busicom)
|
|
Apr
|
Intel begins development in earnest of microprocessor for Busicom Corp.
|
|
May
|
Busicom introduces the Wyle Laboratories-design 207P & 2017P
versions of the 207/2017 which adds an interface for an external printer
|
|
May
|
Casio establishes US sales company, Casio, Inc.
|
|
May
|
Mostek's VP of Marketing visits Nippon Calculating Machine Corp. concerning development of calculator on a chip
|
|
|
AMI moves IC manufacturing facility to Pocatello, Idaho
|
|
Jun
|
Wang introduces 100-Series calculators
|
|
|
|
Aug
|
WESCON Trade Show, Los Angeles, California (Aug. 25-28)
|
|
|
Monroe signs OEM agreement with
Computer Design Corp. to market Compucorp-built calculators
|
|
|
Intel produces the first 1K-bit dynamic RAM IC, the 1103
|
|
Oct
|
Canon Pocketronic begins sales in US
[First LSI Handheld, Rechargeable Battery Powered, Printing Calculator. TI Cal-Tech was the Prototype
|
|
|
Intel begins production of 4004 microprocessor and peripheral chips for Busicom calculators
|
|
Nov
|
Hewlett Packard begins design of HP-35 Handheld Scientific calculator
|
|
Nov
|
Mostek successfully tests first one-chip calculator IC developed for Busicom
|
|
Nov
|
Casio 121-B/AS-B/Sperry Remington Lektronic introduced
|
|
Dec
|
U.S. Patent 3,546,676 granted to Robert Ragen of Friden, for design of Friden 130
|
|
Dec
|
Wang Laboratories common stock begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange
|
|
|
Industrial Research Magazine names the Cintra 909 as one of its "IR 100" most innovative products of 1970
|
1971
|
Jan
|
Sharp EL-8 introduced
|
|
Jan
|
Busicom completes prototyped printing calculator based on logic design of Intel's proposed microprocessor
|
|
Jan
|
Mostek begins volume production of "Calculator on a Chip", the MK6010, for Busicom
[First Single-Chip Calculator IC]
|
|
Jan
|
Wang announces 500-Series calculators
|
|
Feb
|
First operating Intel 4004 microprocessor
|
|
Feb
|
Canon Pocketronic begins sales in US
|
|
Feb
|
Sharp EL-8 begins sales in US
|
|
Mar
|
Wang Labs delivers first 3300 Time Shared Computer System (Weymouth South High School, Weymouth, MA)
|
|
Mar
|
Busicom builds prototype of calculator using Intel 4004 microprocessor and peripheral chips
|
|
|
Remains of Mathatronics liquidated
|
|
|
Victor 1800-Series calculators introduced
|
|
|
Compucorp Division of Computer Design Corp. formed
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard 9810A introduced
|
|
Apr
|
Omron 800
[New Low Price Benchmark for AC-Powered Desktop]
|
|
|
SCM introduces the "Marchant I" (also known as the F-80) battery-operated portable Nixie Tube display calculator utilizing 4-chip LSI chipset.
|
|
May
|
Busicom begins sale of LE-120A calculator using Mostek's
Single-Chip calculator IC
[First Handheld, Single-Chip Calculator, LED-Display Calculator]
|
|
May
|
Intel and Busicom Corp. renegotiate 4004 Microprocessor contract
|
|
May
|
Casio introduces the AS-C
|
|
May
|
Tektronix purchases Cintra
|
|
Jun
|
Sharp begins sale of the EL-8M, follow-on to the EL-8 which adds memory function.
|
|
Jun
|
Wang Laboratories announces the 700C and 720C calculators
|
|
Jun
|
Wang Laboratories announces the 708 Memory Expansion Controller for 700-Series calculators
|
|
Jun
|
Wang Laboratories announces 709 Dual Cassette Drive peripheral for the 700-Series calculators
|
|
Jul
|
Tektronix announces the rebadged Cintra 909 and 911 calculators as the Tek 909 and Tek 911.
|
|
Sep
|
Texas Instruments announces the TMS1802, TI's First "Calculator on a Chip"
|
|
Sep
|
Casio AS-8A introduced
|
|
Sep
|
Bowmar/Ali, Inc. ships their first pocket-sized calculator, the 901B, utilizing TI calculator-on-a-chip.
|
|
Oct
|
Busicom introduces the Model 141PF printing desktop calculator
[First calculator to utilize microprocessor (Intel 4004)]
|
|
Nov
|
Popular Electronics publishes article about MITS' first electronic calculator, the MITS 816, using LSI chips from Electronic Arrays
|
|
Nov
|
Intel begins general sales of 4004 microprocessor
|
|
Dec
|
Wang Laboratories announces Wang 600-Series calculators
|
1972
|
Jan
|
Hewlett Packard introduces the revolutionary HP-35 handheld scientific calculator
[World's First Handheld Scientific Electronic calculator]
|
|
Feb
|
Rapid Data Systems & Equipment, Ltd. introduces the Rapidman 800 pocket calculator
|
|
Feb
|
Wang Labs announces Model 711 I/O Writer
|
|
Feb
|
Casio fx-1 introduced
[Casio's first scientific electronic calculator]
|
|
Apr
|
TI-2500 "Datamath" Calculator Announced
[Texas Instruments' first mass-market electronic calculator]
|
|
|
Diehl Corp. ends production of electromechanical calculators
|
|
|
Unicom division of American Microsystems sold to Rockwell Microelectronics
|
|
|
Facit merges with Electrolux
|
|
|
Wang Labs introduces 600-Series calculators
|
|
May
|
Casio AS-8D Introduced
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard 9820A introduced
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard 9830A introduced
|
|
|
Production of Curta Calculators ends
|
|
|
Rockwell International acquires Unicom from American Microsystems (AMI) |
|
Jul
|
Hewlett Packard 35 introduced
[First Scientific Handheld]
|
|
Aug
|
Casio Mini
[New Low Price Benchmark for Four Function Handheld]
|
|
|
Sony exits the electronic calculator market
|
|
|
Rockwell International acquires Sumlock Anita Electronics Ltd. and Sumlock Comptometer |
|
Sep
|
TI-2500 "Datamath" Handheld Calculator begins sales
|
|
|
TI introduces the TI-3000 and TI-3500 Desktop Calculators
[First Desktop Electronic Calculators Marketed by TI]
|
|
|
Wang 400-Series calculators introduced
|
1973
|
Feb
|
Hewlett Packard HP-80 introduced
[HP's First Financial Handheld]
|
|
Feb
|
Casio introduces the Casio "Mini", Model CM-601
|
|
|
Facit absorbed into large conglomerate Electrolux
|
|
|
North American Rockwell and Rockwell Manufacturing merge to form Rockwell International
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard markets, through Japanese subsidiary Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard,
an HP 9810 that operates in Japanese
|
|
May
|
Hewlett Packard HP-45 introduced
|
|
Jul
|
Tektronix Model 21 and 31 introduced
|
1974
|
Jan
|
Hewlett Packard HP-65 introduced
[HP's First Programmable Handheld]
|
|
Feb
|
Nippon Calculating Machine Co. & Busicom file for bankruptcy
|
|
Apr
|
Intel introduces the 8080 microprocessor
|
|
Jun
|
U.S. Patent 3,819,921 granted to Texas Instruments' Jack Kilby & team for TI Cal-Tech calculator
|
|
|
Motorola introduces the 6800 microprocessor
|
|
|
Nippon Calculating Machine Corp. and Busicom Corp. go bankrupt, cease business
|
|
|
MOS Technology founded by ex-Motorola engineers
|
|
|
National Cash Register Co. changes name to "NCR Corp."
|
1975
|
Feb
|
Bowmar/Ali, Inc. files for bankruptcy
|
|
|
Compucorp Division of Computer Design Corp. folds
|
|
|
Remains of Computer Design Corp. absorbed into Monroe Systems for Business division of Litton Industries
|
|
|
Chip maker Signetics acquired by Philips
|
|
|
Tektronix exits calculator market
|
|
|
Singer Business Machines division shut down
|
|
|
Rockwell International shuts down Sumlock Anita calculator plant
|
|
Dec
|
Texas Instruments' Cal-Tech calculator accepted for exhibit by the Smithsonian Institution
|
1976
|
|
Texas Instruments announces the SR-60 calculator
|
|
Jun
|
Hewlett Packard announces HP 9825
|
|
Oct
|
Commodore Business Machines acquires IC manufacturer MOS Technology
|
1977
