Olympia Werke CD 81 calculator orig case 1972 Japan made space age Panasonic 855

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Please study pics as these form part of description.some fading to back stickers. plastic has discoloured through age. PLEASE BE ADVISED AM SELLING AS NOT WORKING, AS ONE OF THE CURLY WIRE BATTERY CONNECTORS HAS BROKEN OFF ( PIC 3 ), THIS SHOULD BE A SIMPLE REPAIR. I HAVE HAD A GOOD LUCK AND CAN SEE NO OTHER REASON IT WON,T WORK, IT IS VERY CLEAN & TIDY INTERNALLY. BUT SOLD AS TO REPAIR. One of the most stylish of early hand-held calculators. A fantastic calculator - it exudes style and quality.Panasonic made a whole family of calculators with similar style features. The later ones are small-sized pocket calculators, but these early ones with their large size look the most stylish. This model has many high quality (and so expensive features) -The display-board held down with 8 screws and connected with gold-plated contacts to the main-board.the [On/Off] switch. Its manufacturing costs were probably higher than the cost of a recent scientific calculator.The keyboard uses reed-switches activated by magnets on the keys. Being sealed these switches are ultra-reliable having long lives and giving few contact bounce problems. 100 million cycles.The circuit board and the 8 digit display are plug-in modules, allowing quick and easy servicing (if necessary). Display is 8 digits in separate green fluorescent tubes.Integrated circuits - Texas read more