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Technico F-1
Does this Technico
F-1 ExecuCard calculator look familiar to you?
Inventa Electronics Corporation of Taipei, Taiwan started already in 1975 manufacturing and marketing calculators under the Technico brand. Inventa Electronics Co. is today known as
Inventec Corporation, one of
the World's largest manufacturers of mobile devices and computers. Inventa /
Inventec was in the Eighties producing millions and millions of basic electronic
calculators based on single-chip calculator circuits from established Japanese
manufacturers like NEC, Sharp and Toshiba and Liquid Crystal Displays from
Epson. Only a small fraction of these calculators were sold under the Technico
brand, we know as of today 40+ corporate brand names for Inventa / Invetec
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) designs:
AEG Olympia, Asaflex, Benkson, Citizen, Clover, Commodoor, Digitech, Dixons, Dyna-Tone, Elco, General Electric, GKB, Gracia, Hanimex, Hercules, Idea, IMA, KMC, Levi, Lion, Logitech, MBO, M-Office, Olympia, Pacific Technology, Philips, Pierre Cardin, Precision, Printaform, Prinztronic, Privileg, Pulser, Quasar, Royal, Satek, Sears, Tecnosonic, Texas Instruments, Unisonic, Unitronic, and Vitronic.
Texas Instruments introduced in 1985 the TI CARD family with five beautiful calculators based on this Technico F1 design: TI-1783,
TI-1784,
TI-1785,
TI-1786, and TI-1787. Mesbla S.A. added in 1986 finally an additional offspring, don't miss the beautiful
TI-1786 available in Brazil.
Comparing the TI CARD calculators with the Technico F-1 reveals two interesting
differences:
• Technico F-1: Distinguishable font for the membrane keys and red "Inventa Solar Power Logo" • TI CARD: Generic font for the membrane keys and missing "Solar Power Logo" |
Please don't miss our tear-down of the
TI-1755 SLR and Technico
SL-674CK.
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© Joerg Woerner, May 16, 2020. No reprints without written permission.