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Canon Canola L800
| Date of introduction: | 1973 | Display technology: | Panaplex |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 8.0" x 6.5" x 2.6" | ||
| Weight: | 2 pounds 15 ounces | Serial No: | 317232 |
| Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | year 1973 |
| AC-Adapter: | 220V | Origin of manufacture: | Japan |
| Precision: | 8 | Integrated circuits: | TMS0105 |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
Canon Canola L800 was introduced short time after the first desktop calculator manufactured by Texas
Instruments - the TI-3000.
The
L800 was the first Canon desktop calculator using the TMS0105 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 to a single chip (L100S). This L800 fits the
whole electronics of the L100S in the smaller housing of the L100A.
The
display found in the L800 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.
Don't miss the L1210 driving a
12-digit Hitachi Display module.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, February 3, 2002. No reprints without written permission.
