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SINCLAIR 1st POCKET CACULATOR, 1973

Cambridge calculator, the first of seven calculators produced by the company. This model was launched in August 1973 and cost 329.95 + VAT. Also in kit form for 324.95. Weighing less than 3.5oz. Nowadays we can get calculators for 31.00, how times change.

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  • the sinclair pocket caculator was the first caculator to have commercial use. in the 1970s,math teacher refused to let their student used a caculator because they belived it would made children mathmetical ability to decrease. despite being costly to student,it can only do basic math like +,-,x,:
    .......... nguyen dang quang , vietnam , 20th of May 2015

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