Will and Dave Davis began collecting old (1970's-early 1980's) calculators in April 2018 and have amassed dozens of calculators and pieces of ephemera. The books and magazines used as references on this site are listed below; all are original hard copies in our collection with the exception of (14) which was downloaded and printed.
Books:
1. "The Complete Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators" by Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, 1997
2. "Understanding Solid State Electronics" 3rd Ed.; Texas Instruments Learning Center 1978
3. "Design of Digital Systems Book 5: Calculator Design" PC Pittman BSc 1974
Periodicals:
4. Popular Mechanics Feb. 1973 - "Electronic Calculators: How To Choose the Right One" by Ivan Berger
5. Popular Science Mar. 1973 - "PS Buyer's Guide to Under-$100 Electronic Calculators" by John R. Free
6. Consumer Reports June 1973 - "Electronic Mini-Calculators"
7. Radio-Electronics Aug. 1973 - "Calculators - How to Keep Them Running" by Patrick N. Godding
8. Midwest Typewriter Co. Inc. Calculator Catalog, about Mar. 1974
9. Popular Science, Apr. 1974 - "Those Incredible New Scientific Pocket Calculators" by John R. Free
10. Popular Mechanics, Dec. 1974 - "Calculators get Smaller, Smarter and Cheaper" by Ivan Berger
11. Science Specialties catalog, Summer 1975
12. Consumer Reports, Sep. 1975 - "Calculators" (Rating of general purpose and scientific models)
13. Scientific American, Mar. 1976 - "The Small Electronic Calculator," by Eugene M. McWhorter
14. "Charles Krakauer, 58, Bowmar Executive" - Obituary in New York Times, 1988
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