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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
The Educator® Canon FS-5
| Date of introduction: | 1983 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 (5 + 2) | |
| Size: | 5.2" x
2.8" x 0.25" 132 x 70 x 6 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.5 ounces, 70 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Japan | |
| Precision: | 11 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T6824S |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This
"The Educator®" Overhead Calculator was born in Japan as plain Canon
FS-5 Scientific Statistical calculator and
modified by Stokes Publishing
Company, Inc. based in California.
The
label on the backside of the calculator sports some interesting information:
"Covered by U.S. Patent No. 4,154,007". We were already aware of the US Patent
Application U.S.
Pat. No. 5,035,502 filed on July 30, 1991 by William T. Stokes with the title "Transparent calculator for overhead
projection" describing a calculator with both the keyboard and the display
made from translucent glass and plastics.
But this US Patent Application U.S. Pat. No. 4,154,007 was filed already on September 21, 1977 by Wallace P. Judd of Palo Alto, California. It described basically a standard calculator with a transmissive LC Display and an opening in the backside of the housing.
Overhead™ Calculator is a trademark
of Stokes Publishing Company, Inc.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, February 2, 2011. No reprints without written permission.