Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

news, search, nav, view, introduction, notable, pages, latest, on, calculators, by, googleauto, generated, from, google, alerts, navigation,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (27), programmable (8), calculators (6), and (6), that (5), was (5), news (4), first (4), calculator (4), #search (4), 2000 (3), collection (3), navigation (3), when (3), few (3), years (3), have (3), pocket (3), for (3), their (3), introduction (3), web (2), site (2), these (2), pages (2), since (2), required (2), google (2), painful (2), upgrade (2), story (2), not (2), machine (2), notable (2), another (2), unique (2), prototype (2), view (2), links (2), exhibit (2), hall (2), little (2), this (2), short (2), computers (2), vintage (2), proud (2), many (2), electronic (2), transistors (2), killer (2), app (2), lsi (2), form (2), copyright, 2026, viktor, toth, powered, joomla, accesses, may, error, javascript, latest, auto, generated, from, alerts, 2024, part, 2023, major, made, hungary, ptk, 1072, copycat, russian, award, goes, litronix, 2290, most, primitive, war, yet, hassibah, xpander, rare, where, can, get, manual, other, frequently, asked, questions, please, use, left, click, any, below, proceed, directly, did, know, started, hobby, hundreds, handheld, similar, devices, quite, possibly, encounter, with, texas, instruments, 1975, thereabouts, budapest, repair, shop, played, critical, role, later, choice, computer, programming, career, owned, sixteen, spent, entire, summer, worth, student, income, acquire, one, late, 1990s, however, began, buy, all, kinds, building, also, great, fun, repairing, rechargeable, batteries, reconditioning, failing, magnetic, card, readers, fixing, problems, recelling, hard, imagine, but, mere, forty, ago, transistor, radios, still, had, labels, announcing, solid, state, fledgling, microchip, industry, desperately, would, create, viable, market, newest, invention, large, scale, integrated, circuits, single, chips, containing, several, thousand, fruitless, indeed, consumer, electronics, device, circuitry, arrived, originally, capable, only, simple, arithmetic, machines, quickly, grew, sophistication, although, recognized, its, significance, time, personal, were, born, items, sale, about, library, nav, jump, main, login, skip, content,

Text of the page (random words):
programmable calculators introduction skip to content jump to main navigation and login nav view search navigation search introduction exhibit hall the library about items for sale site news introduction it is hard to imagine but it was a mere forty years ago when transistor radios still had proud labels announcing solid state and 8 transistors that the fledgling microchip industry was desperately in search of the killer app that would create a viable market for their newest invention lsi or large scale integrated circuits single chips containing as many as several thousand transistors their search was not fruitless the killer app indeed the first consumer electronics device that required lsi circuitry arrived in the form of the electronic pocket calculator originally capable of only simple arithmetic these machines quickly grew in sophistication and in a few short years although few recognized its significance at the time the first personal computers were born in the form of programmable pocket calculators quite possibly it was my encounter with a texas instruments sr 52 calculator in 1975 or thereabouts at a budapest repair shop that played the critical role in my later choice of computer programming for a career i have owned a programmable calculator since i was sixteen when i spent an entire summer s worth of student income to acquire one in the late 1990s however i began to buy vintage programmable calculators of all kinds building a proud little collection i also have great fun repairing vintage calculators recelling their rechargeable batteries reconditioning failing magnetic card readers and fixing many electronic problems little did i know when i started this hobby that in a few short years i d have hundreds of programmable handheld calculators pocket computers and similar devices in this collection to view the collection please use the navigation links on the left or click on any of the links below or proceed directly to the exhibit hall notable pages where can i get a manual and other frequently asked questions a unique prototype the ti 88 another rare prototype the hp xpander yet another unique machine the al hassibah 2000 a notable war story the hp 91 the most primitive programmable award goes to the litronix 2290 the first russian programmable is not a copycat machine the b3 21 made in hungary or the story of my first programmable calculator the ptk 1072 news major painful upgrade 2023 painful upgrade part ii 2024 latest news on calculators by google auto generated from google news alerts error javascript required accesses to these web pages since may 15 2000 web site copyright 2000 2026 viktor t toth powered by joomla