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Canon Canola L100S

Date of introduction:	1972	Display technology:	Panaplex
New price:		Display size:	10
Size:	9.5" x 7.5" x 2.8"
Weight:	3 pounds 7 ounces	Serial No:	206317
Batteries:	n.a.	Date of manufacture:	year 1972
AC-Adapter:	220V	Origin of manufacture:	Japan
Precision:	10	Integrated circuits:	TMS0106
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

The Canon Canola L100S was introduced together with the first desktop calculator manufactured by Texas Instruments - the TI-3000.

The display found in the L100S is similar to the Panaplex style found in the early desktop calculators manufactured by Texas Instruments.
The Hitachi display module uses white ceramics instead the glass construction of the Panaplex™ manufactured by Burroughs.

The L100S was the first Canon desktop calculator using the TMS0106 single-chip calculator chip. Within roughly 12 month the brain of a desktop calculator was reduced from four (L100) chips to two (L100A) chips and now to a single chip.

Please compare the quick evolution of the calculator technology:

Type	Year	Digits	Chip set
L100	1971	10	TMC1737, TMC1753, TMC1754, TMC1807
L100A	1971	10	TMS1824, TMS1825
L100S	1972	10	TMS0106 single chip
L121F	1972	12	TMS0201, TMS0302

Within some month the L800 used again a single-chip design fitting in a smaller housing. The Canola LS-1 looks similiar to the L100S, we don't know which one appeared earlier on the market.

Other calculators using the single-chip calculator technology introduced by Texas Instruments were the Heathkit IC-2008 and Toshiba BC-0802.

Compare this strong calculator with the later Canola L813.

If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.