My First Casio Was From the Late 1970s and It Wasn't A Watch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- At the start of the 1970s it was unheard of for folks to have picket-sized calculators but, by the end of the decade, they were everywhere. (It was a decade of tremendous change, especially when it came to anything with an LED or LCD readout.) Before Casio was well-known for making watches the company was known for making calculators. So it's no surprise that my first calculator was a Casio. But I'd forgotten that fact until just a few weeks ago when I was looking for some computer repair tools in my archives and I found this Casio Micro Mini calculator. Of course, I remembered that I had a tiny calculator in the late 1970s but, at the time, I didn't really take note of who made it. It was similar to most of the common calculators of its day except for the fact that it was so small. These days I have over a hundred Casio products in my collection. Most are watches. But it's worth noting that this little calculator was, in fact, the first Casio product I ever had.
So, in this video, I pay tribute to the first calculator I ever had, which was likely a Christmas gift in 1977 or 1978 (or possibly as late as 1979). This one still works, using a button cell A76 or LR44 battery. If memory serves, I first saw it in a display case at a store called Service Merchandise in the suburbs of Chicago. It was just irresistibly cute and that's why I asked for it as a Christmas present. I think but was a good choice.
Very nice! In 1979, bought a check book cover with a Casio calculator attached. Still use it today. It’s stored in my briefcase.
Randy-IL
Cool! We had a Casio MG-880 calculator which could make sounds and had a real invaders game, nice memories
my father had a casio watch and casio calculator during the '80s. I still remember taking his watch of his writs and putting it on mine (I was only, maybe 5 years old). This video made me nostalgic...
the watch was digital, with bracelet and had a marlin on the crystal. the calculator had a case. My father also had a slide rule... for 10 minutes I went back in time.
"Abacus ? Where we're going, you don't need an abacus. "
I always wanted Casio calculator watch because of “Back to the Future” for many years and I only managed to finally get it a year ago and needless to say, I’m very overjoyed when it finally arrived.
They have Revamped the Casio Calculator Watch with a few NEW colors-I like wearing mine as a Retro to the Apple Watch others wear. My first Calculator watch Dad bought me was made in Korea-where the last one about 9 years ago says China. The batteries last 5 years although my second ones still ticking. Dad had a retro strap as backup so I put that on watch two-& will do same for watch one, when Marty was top of the world.
I thought a Casio calculator was a wonderful thing to have 👍 thanks good video
I feel connected to the calculators. The copy cats just made too many crappy ones. It was the best ones early on.
I have a collection of calculators too!
Still got mine, must be an older version as its got the blue Leds instead of Lcds.
My school uses Casio calculators.
I used to have the "50M" Casio watch. Does anyone know what model it is?