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Casio 14-A — first relay-based electric calculator with a full keyboard — Casio Computer Co.

1957 AD · Transmission: Global
TechnologyInventionJapanese

The Kashio brothers (Tadao, Yukio, Toshio, and Kazuo) found Casio Computer Co. and present in 1957 the 14-A model, the first electromagnetic-relay electric calculator with a ten-key numeric keyboard and full result display. Unlike all earlier calculators in the chain, the 14-A requires no manual force: it is fully electric. In 1965 Casio launches the 001 model, the first fully electronic desktop calculator with integrated circuits. The pocket-calculator milestone arrives in 1972 with the Casio Mini (CM-605), which popularizes personal electronic calculation at an affordable price. This Japanese link closes out a three-millennia journey: from the Sumerian stone to the silicon chip.

InstitutionCasio Computer Co., Ltd. — Tokyo
Historical regionJapan (Tokyo)
Primary sourceCasio Computer Co. — Corporate history documentation (world.casio.com/corporate/history/); Japanese patent records 1957
Secondary sourceComputer History Museum — Casio 14-A exhibit record; Aspray, W. (ed.) — Computing Before Computers (Iowa State University Press, 1990)
Original languageJapanese / English
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