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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
Calculators:
New designs
make it easy
to work, play
NEW YORK (UPI) — The elec
tronic calculator has come a long
way. The hand-held machine that
used to just add 2 and 2 has de
veloped to the point where it can do
the work that needed a room-sized
computer 10 years ago.
The market for just plain cal
culators is reaching saturation point,
according to industry spokesmen.
The result is the buyer is being of
fered an ever wider selection of spe
cialty calculators — such as the
Biolator.
Designed for those who follow
the biorhythm theory of personal
cycles, the Biolator is described as
“a pocket-sized electronic wonder
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that for any given day tells you how
you’re doing physically, emotionally
and intellectually.’’ It is just one of
dozens of new calculator designs
being introduced by manufacturers
to keep sales going.
Production of calculators jumped
from 1 million in 1971 — when the
calculator you now buy for $15
would cost $150 — to more than 20
downstown
million in 1976. Total industry sales
in 1976 hit $618 million.
Industry officials predict produc
tion of 30 million units in 1977 and
then a leveling off followed by a de
cline in both sales and production
into the 1980s.
Several companies have been
forced out of the retail end of the
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business by the price war of the last
two years.
But those who remain hope to
produce sotnething to tickle your
fancy.
Akira Shimizu, vice-president of
Casic, said recently: “In 1977, cal
culator manvifacturers will compete
in terms of product innovation to
expand the market. There just isn’t
enough room for all companies to
bring out the same products with
the same features and at the same
prices.”
Richard Perdue at Texas Instru
ments, one of the leading manufac
turers, said: “There is saturation in
some areas, but we keep coming up
with new ideas. We are constantly
making our own products obsolete.”
Texas Instruments is into the
programmable calculator, which in
fact is nearer to being a computer.
“We’re also seeing people use the
same calculator at work and play,”
said a TI spokesman. “We have pro
grams that allow the calculator to
work out flight plans for the private
flier or a winning course for a yacht
racer.”
learning how to solve math,
problems for themselves th
way.”
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ready has introduced an el f( .,
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A number of companies say (te
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luetant to discuss details.
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