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Canon card FC-42
| Date of introduction: | year 1980 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 4.7" x 2.8" x 0.3" 120 x 70 x 8 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.3 ounces, 65 grams | Serial No: | 374076 |
| Batteries: | 2*LR44 | Date of manufacture: | mth 10 year 1980 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Japan | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T3808 | |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This
Canon FC-42 started with its "sibling" Toshiba LC-838
a long line of Metric Converter calculators based on
Integrated Circuits (IC's) developed by Toshiba. Canon
introduced already in 1974 with the FC-80 their first
metric conversion product with a LED display based on a calculator chip
developed by Hitachi.
The FC-43 added some more conversion constants in the
same housing, the FC-32 uses a bigger housing to accommodate 2 huge AA-sized
batteries, while the FC-52 fitted the technology into a
credit-card sized housing. Later we got with the FC-82 a novel two-line display.
Don't miss the Texas Instruments TI-1889 and the Converter.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, May 4, 2003. No reprints without written permission.