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CONCEPT VI (distributed by Zayre Corp. ?)
| Date of introduction: | 1977 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | SRP $5.99 | Display size: | 8 |
| Size: | 4.7" x 2.8" x
0.85" 120 x 70 x 22 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.6 ounces, 75 grams | Serial No: | 134442 |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | year 1977 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Hong Kong | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMS0972 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Early
in 2010 we focused on the Zayre CONCEPT Calculator Series
that culminated in June 1976 with the introduction of the Texas Instruments
CONCEPT I, CONCEPT II, and
CONCEPT III calculators based on the
TI-1200, TI-1250, resp.
SR-16 II but disappeared already in August 1979 with the clearance sales of the
CONCEPT COMPACT calculators.
One of the the non-TI based calculators, the CONCEPT VI is nothing else than what we refer in the Datamath Calculator Museum as Far East Generic Design II. You might understand our surprise here at the Datamath Calculator Museum, when we located in March 2011 on United Kingdom's eBay site this completely different looking "CONCEPT VI" calculator.
We have our doubts that this cheap looking calculator is actually a product sold by Zayre Corporation:
| • Zayre had in the
Seventies no stores in the United Kingdom • The applied (if any) CONCEPT labels had usually a better quality • The CONCEPT VI calculators on Zayre's advertisments look different |
Dismantling
this CONCEPT VI reveals no additional information and hides the true
manufacturer of the calculator. 
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, May 17, 2011. No reprints without written permission.