Old Sharp Calculator Commercial check out how big they are.

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Here is an early commercial for a sharp calculator.

Notice the expensive price, and how large they are.

i will be uploading more videos soon.

also home movie footage, some as early as the 30's.

please leave a comment on what you thought of these old units.

i will also upload videos to my new site which will have flash games/videos.
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[mubd1234]

INFLATION CHECK!!!

$345 in 1975 is worth $2000 today!!!

[steviebboy69]

geez that would make it expensive today or probably even then.

how much would wages have been to the average american or australian back then.

not much.

[DamianColucci]

Did anyone else get a kick at laughing at this commercial from only 40 years ago? I couldn't stand myself looking at that huge thing being named the "smallest" calculator priced at $345. It's scary on what you think people will be laughing at inventions like the iPhone in the year 2048 knowing that its obsolete to something else far more advanced that we cannot even comprehend right now.

[steviebboy69]

hi,

that is true, things get smaller and smaller.

and way more advanced. you are right at saying about say the iphone.

also in the gramophone days, who would have thought you could store thousands of songs on those small devices we call mp3 players or even on phones.

i love both new technology and old stuff.

[kingpolaris]

OMG $345 what ..

[steviebboy69]

yeah, its a lot.

its amazing how much technology has changed these days.

[Detroit8V92tta]

@DamianColucci What are you talking about, I am already laughing at the iPhone!

[Pengocent]

LOL WTF - I BOUGHT MY CALCULATOR FOR ONLY 2 POUNDS xD (3 dollars)

[prescott231233]

SMALLEST IN THE WORLD OMG

[colindhowell]

@superspit Nope, it used 4 specialized logic chips made for Sharp by Rockwell.

Intel was just a startup then, concentrating mostly on memory chips, and not many calculators ever used the 4004. Most 4004s were used in custom electronic control applications. Most calculators used chips designed specifically for calculator work.

For calculators from that era, I would say that the biggest cost was either logic or program ROM, since most had practically no memory, only a few registers or so.

[superspit]

memory was the biggest cost then....as with all older digital 'computer' type devices of the time. Still seems to be to some point, albeit proportionally much cheaper nowadays. Was this calc Intel 4004 based?

[ExcelSub]

never knew calculators costed so much.. i guess not many kids had calculators in scchool then?

[avcomth]

@kaiserwilhelm, thanks for telling, I already knew that since I own a couple of them. Also the larger units are there to accommodate the larger (taller) display and the bigger and faster print heads (up to 8 lines per second for thermal models) which are found on the more expensive models. I really liked Sharp over Casio because it has a simple power switch on the bottom left side of the body instead of a silly sliding buttons found on the Casio models.

[kaiserwilhelm]

@avcomth you don't want them to be small because you'll lose them on the desk, that's reason one. Also it's easier to press the keys.

[lasercult]

It's the shit!

[avcomth]

Sharp's printing desktop calculators are still very popular today and they're not much smaller than the ones seen here. Can't believe how little these units have changed over the years.