Old Calculator Museum Advertising & Documentation Archive
Advertisement for Combo Deal for Monroe 950 Desktop and Monroe 10 Handheld
In 1972, as handheld electronic calculators made their presence in the
marketplace felt, sales of some of the earlier desktop-style calculators
began to cool off. As a result, Monroe offered a special deal, combining
their state of the art Model 20 LED-Display, rechargeable handheld calculator,
with the now aging Monroe 950 Nixie-display
desktop calculator (circa 1969), for a total price of $600. The Monroe
950 early in its lifetime sold for $1050 by itself. From advertising
like this, it was clear that Monroe was trying to unload an inventory
of their older-technology calculators by selling them off with the
latest and greatest technology, at deep discounts.
