CASIO FX-730P. My first 'PC'

I bought this machine in 1985. More than 20 years later it remains working fine. Of course it's not a PC but Casio says Personal Computer.
Probably this wasn't my first program but something so:
10 INPUT A
20 INPUT B
30 C=A+B
40 PRINT A;"+";B;"=";C
but when I learned the use of FOR..TO,
IF..THEN etc. I understood that the machine wasn't a powerful calculator but the begining of a new era.
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Science & Technology

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• casio
• fx
• 730
• 730p
• calculator
• programmable
• calculadora
• programable
• basic

[Burkhardj]

Does anyone know this recorder? Which is it? ? The full description ?

[citroen2cv]

It's a Sanyo "Mini Casette Recorder ".

Despite the word "mini" in the name it uses regular casettes. Of course it wasn't designed for computing, it's an audio recorder, mono, a model easily available in the 80s

There is a label in the back "Sanyo model no. M1120"

[MrBlenderfan]

I'm 16 and my mother gave me this, it still works fine. I also programmed the horse race game from the manual :)

[165NB]

OUCH!!! 2:07 had headphones on

[edunaville]

wow! i remember this!! i got the FX-702P..... great macines to learn the basics about computing

[rapssat]

good video, i have a casio fx-880p but i can't save words in the, cat you show me how  can i save words?

thanks

[douro20]

I have a Sharp EL-5500III which I bought about a week ago; it's slightly larger than the Casio shown here and was available with a cassette interface w/built-in thermal printer. It is also programmable in BASIC and has 20 memories. This machine seems to be a bit more capable.

[peddersoldchap]

Eu tenho uma dessas, também!

Em 85 já sabia um pouco de programação.

[Kapponzilla]

My father had this Casio when I was two and I learned to talk hearing my father reading what i wrote (casual words) on the calculator!

[Qwonks]

This thing is great!

I also have an FX 730P and I really love programming with it. Now i´m searching for an cassette-interface to store all my programs.

I think the Fx 730P is not a "real" computer

but I use it in the school and when i´m bored, i´m programming !