Panasonic made some ubercool looking electronics in the 70's (ball radio and wristband radio are both great examples) but this takes the cake. I picked up this calculator today from the flea market -- made the trip totally worthwhile. The bright fluorescent display is so.....cheerful. There are even cases for the calculator and the power supply. The battery compartment looks like it was never used. The buttons have this great springy quality -- no key bounce, so the key doesn't accidently repeat, but nothing like what we have today. As you can see, it's quite big.I want to keep it, but it may go to ebay.
--hal
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