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Canon F-62

Date of introduction:  year 1978 Display technology:  LCD (yellow)
New price:   Display size:  10 (8 + 2)
Size:  4.6" x 2.8" x 0.4"     
Weight:  2.6 ounces Serial No:  215164
Batteries:  2*CR2430 Date of manufacture:  
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Japan
Precision:  11 Integrated circuits:  NEC uPD1856G
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

The Palmtronic F-62 Scientific/Statistical calculator is unique within the products of Canon. The housing looks unknown to us and we are really curious about the source of the calculator.

F-62_1.jpg (58246 Byte)The backside of the F-62 gives us no further information. We just notice two really big lithium batteries of the CR2430 type. 

F-62_PCB.jpg (57151 Byte)Removing the shells of the calculator housing is disappointing, too. No name on the printed circuit board (PCB), an unknown calculator chip manufacturer with missing chip designation.

In a next step we use Mike Sebastian's "Calculator forensics" and notice with the result of 9.0001495952 one sibling in his list: The APF Mark 8601 - probably the successor of the
APF Mark 8501 known from the Radio Shack EC-496.

We noticed a very unusual behavior of the Canon F-62 while preforming some calculations with it: 


The F-62 accepts only 10 digit entries but during 
long divisions it adds a leading "0" as 11th digit 
The entries fill the display from the left to the right
Fellow collector, please drop me a line if you know more about the F-62 or the APF Mark 8601.

A similar calculator was introduced with the Palmtronic F-52, don't miss the Canon card F-63 and F-64.

 

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© Joerg Woerner, June 22, 2003. No reprints without written permission.