Following statements made by Philco-Ford Microelectronics in June, 1968 that it had shut down its production line for the Victor 3900 MOS-based electronic calculator, and was supposedly negotiating with Victor to cancel the manufacturing contract for the calculator, this newsbrief in the July 8, 1968 edition of Electronics magazine confirms the rumors that the Victor 3900 was dead. The Victor 3900 was a calculator that was too far ahead of its time, implemented with technology that wasn't really mature until years later.


The Philco-Ford 3900 Calculator
Image Courtesy of John Kendall

Philco-Ford transferred un-sold inventory of the Victor 3900 that they re-badged as the Philco-Ford 3900 to Ford Motor Company's engineering department for their use, and apparently some were sold outside of the Ford empire, but their numbers were very few, and when they were gone, they were gone.

To learn more about the story of the amazing Victor 3900, see the Old Calculator Museum essay on this amazing technological benchmark.