Product number (P/N): 001,
Keywords/Tags: 001
Date of intro: sep-1965, Dimensions: 480x370x250mm, Weight: 17000g,
Number of keys: 10,
Classification: / Desktop,
Featuring: Logic-technology: DTL (Diode Germanium-Transistor Logic), discrete components, Memories: 1,
Related with: CASIO_docu: (Broch.) *: A brief introduction... (1972),
Collector value: 10/10,
Info: Info from CASIO Website:
The 001 was born as CASIO took on the challenge of developing its first electronic desktop calculator.
With an addition and subtraction speed of 0.01 seconds, the 001 was named to reflect CASIO’s regret and determination to re-start calculator development in the electronic era from zero.
After CASIO developed its CS14A relay-type calculator in 1957, it became an industry leader. In 1962, however, a manufacturer in the U.K. (SUMLOCK) announced the world’s first electronic desktop calculator.
Japanese manufacturers then began developing electronic calculators in 1964, and the technology started to gain attention.
At this point, Casio was still focused on improving its relay calculators; when it announced a new relay model, the technology direction had already shifted to electronic transistors.
Electronic models could be used on the desktop while offering high calculation speeds and silent operation.
Realizing that it could only survive as a pure calculator manufacturer by keeping up with the latest product developments customers wanted,
CASIO decided to begin full-scale electronic calculator development.
In addition to accelerating the four basic arithmetic operations, the 001 was equipped with the first seven-digit constant storage dial and memory function in a calculator.
The aim was to improve the efficiency of various calculations. The development of convenient features for customers continued, and two years later in 1967, CASIO released the world’s first software-type calculator. The AL1000 enabled calculation routines to be easily input into the memory using the keypad.
Internet: Link-1: THE OLD CALCULATOR MUSEUM
Intro-Sequence #: 1, Successor: CASIO: 001 Root

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