CASIO celebrates the sale of the one BILLIONTH calculator!

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Posted by Yan on Jan-10-2007 06:17:

CASIO celebrates the sale of the one BILLIONTH calculator!

Theirs, of course. I'm pretty sure they were only counting themselves.

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Casio, Inc. and its parent company Casio Computer Co. Ltd., announced today that one billion electronic Casio calculators have been sold worldwide. The company�s first electronic calculator � the 001, went on sale in 1965, and the company just passed the one billion mark at the end of December.The achievement of selling one billion calculators is evidence of the trust that consumers around the world place on Casio products. In the course of reaching this milestone, Casio contributed to the development of the electronics industry by creating great demand for LSI chips, a key component of electronic calculators, as well as to education in mathematics through the development of scientific calculators. Casio Computer Co., Ltd., was established in 1957 with the successful development of the world�s first fully electric compact relay calculator, the Casio 14-A, which used electric relays in place of the mechanical gears which were the norm at the time. In the fifty years since, Casio has remained at the forefront of calculator development. Building on the technology developed to create the 14-A, Casio launched the 001 in 1965.In 1972, the company created the world�s first personal calculator, the Casio Mini.

Fascinating, though.

Too bad Texas Instruments (TI) is the leader in graphing calculators, at the moment.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jan-10-2007 07:01:

Re: CASIO celebrates the sale of the one BILLIONTH calculator!

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Originally posted by Yan
Too bad Texas Instruments (TI) is the leader in graphing calculators, at the moment.

Yea such a shame

Posted by simplcake on Jan-10-2007 07:16:

yay

Posted by Orbax on Jan-10-2007 12:06:

Re: CASIO celebrates the sale of the one BILLIONTH calculator!

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Originally posted by Yan
Theirs, of course. I'm pretty sure they were only counting themselves.

did you deduce that yourself or read the article you posted

"Casio Computer Co. Ltd., announced today that one billion electronic Casio calculators have been sold "

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-10-2007 12:08:

Joke's on you, Casio!

1,000,000 divided by 0 is still [E R R O R]!

Posted by mellow_head on Jan-10-2007 12:41:

(upside down) 707 + 707 = 1414

Posted by Ygrene on Jan-10-2007 16:05:

That means if they made at least $1 on each calculator that they have ONE BILLION DOLLARS!!! OMGRICHLOL

Also, did you know that if you put 7718 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down you are saying 'hi' to me. OMGNAME/NUMBERSHAXLOL

Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I just drank waaaaay too much coffee this morning.

Posted by kadomony on Jan-10-2007 16:15:

5318008 upside down.

that's just like what girls got!

/moe

Posted by denys envy on Jan-10-2007 16:22:

anyone remember these -

used to have a couple back in middle school. thought i was so badass.

Posted by montana on Jan-10-2007 16:37:

ti83 shits on every casio calculator ever created

Posted by bas on Jan-10-2007 16:39:

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Originally posted by montana
ti83 shits on every casio calculator ever created

I was more partial to the TI financial calculator. Those were much easier to use than the Casio financial calculators. Oh man, it's one thing to be a geek about computers...but calculators? Shiiiiiieeet.

Posted by montana on Jan-10-2007 16:53:

math & physics classes in highschool was usually spent playing games with the ti83.

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Jan-10-2007 17:08:

i forgot which casio model it was, but one of their calculators had a built in sound card , so you could play MIDIs programmed inside the calculator. that was in the mid 90s.

Posted by Cloudburst on Jan-10-2007 17:29:

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Originally posted by montana
math & physics classes in highschool was usually spent playing games with the ti83.

I liked tetris most and another game with boxes I don't remember the name of.