News Archive - Hugle International Corp. Liquidation
Hugle International Corp. Liquidation
Microelectronics News, August 30, 1975
A short newsbyte concerning the last call for creditors to make claims
for return of credit granted to Hugle International Corp. Hugle International
was one of the many "try to make a buck on marketing cheap
electronic calculators" businesses that sprung up in the early part of the 1970s,
as commonly-available calculator ICs were put on the market by a number of different
IC manufacturers. It seems that Hugle's calculators never really caught on to any
great extent, with only a small number of machines known to remain in existence today.
Only a handful of calculator models were marketed by Hugle International, including
the Hugle-8 and the Hugle-11.
If the reader knows of any other models of Hugle International calculators, please drop us a message
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It appears that the calculators that Hugle International offered were similar
to calculators made by other manufacturers, although it is not known at this writing if Hugle International
manufactured the calculators they marketed, or simply marketed calculators that were built
for them by other manufacturers under OEM agreements.
An example of the similarity between the Hugle-8 and another manufacturer's calculator
is that the Hugle-8, which bears a striking resemblance to the
Commodore US*8 (Version 1).
While visually similar, the Hugle-8 uses a a different calculator IC, and provides automatic
floating decimal point positioning versus the fixed decimal point logic of the US*8. The calculators share
the same cabinet, keyboard assembly, power supply circuitry, and display panel.
Along with what could be considered poor product choices, the company appears to have
also been involved in some questionable stock-related practices that drew the ire
of US regulatory entities. The company was forced into liquidation, with this newsbyte
stating the last day for creditors to
file for return of a portion of their outstanding debt being October 10, 1975. The
article states that an optimistic estimate of claimant's return would be about
1/2 of the debt owed.
