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Heathkit IC-2008A
| Date of introduction: | April 1972 | Display technology: | Panaplex II |
| New price: | $139.95 | Display size: | 8 |
| Size: | 10.3" x 6.2" x 3.5" | ||
| Weight: | 3 pounds 1 ounces | Serial No: | Production batch 217 |
| Batteries: | Date of manufacture: | 1972 | |
| AC-Adapter: | 120 V or 240 V | Origin of manufacture: | USA |
| Precision: | 8 | Integrated circuits: | TMS0101 |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
If
you know a solder iron you know Heathkit. This US company is known for their
electronic hobbyist kits. They sold some electronic calculators like this
IC-2008A desktop or the IC-2006 battery operated portable calculator. Their first
products based on the single-chip calculator technology introduced by Texas
Instruments.
The IC-2008A followed the IC-2008 immediately.
The
inside view of the IC-2008A gives you a perfect engineered calculator like all
Heathkit products. The TMS0101 calculator chip is surrounded by a heavy keyboard,
three SP-753
planar-gas-discharge displays manufactured by Sperry and the unusual thumbwheel to select the
position of the decimal point.
The calculator itself is a quite large and heavy product, compare it with the sleek TI-3000 introduced five month later. The IC-2108 introduced later got a much smaller housing.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.