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Canon LE-80M

Date of introduction:  1973 Display technology:  LED-stick or LED-modules
New price:  DM 498.00 Display size:  8
Size:  6.7" x 3.3" x 1.5"
 169 x 83 x 38 mm3		     
Weight:  10.1 ounces, 287 grams Serial No:  102659
Batteries:  4*NiCd AA or 4*AA Alkaline Date of manufacture:  year 1973
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Japan
Precision:  8  Integrated circuits:  Hitachi HD3553, HD3283P
Memories:      
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Peter Muckermann

The LE-80M calculator is one of the early calculators manufactured by Canon missing a calculator chip from Texas Instruments. The brain of the LE-80M is a Hitachi HD3553 chip.

There are two other models in the LE-80 family:

• LE-80 without the memory
• LE-80R with the square-root function

The housing of the LE-80M is very similar to the original LE-80 but got a new battery compartment.

With the LE-81M the Texas Instruments chip was back. This calculator sports both a memory and the square-root function.

Within the later scientific calculator line most products missed the calculator chips developed by Texas Instruments. Browse the Palmtronic F-51 and Palmtronic F-71.

In 1974 Canon introduced with the LD-80 their first pocket calculator with the green VF-Display (Vacuum Fluorescent) and stopped the LE-series.



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© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.