Elka 101, electronic pocket calculator, 1976.

Made:
circa 1976 in Bulgaria
Electronic Pocket Calculator by Isot, model Elka 101, c1976 Electronic Pocket Calculator by Isot, model Elka 101, c1976

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Electronic Pocket Calculator by Isot, model Elka 101, c1976
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Electronic Pocket Calculator by Isot, model Elka 101, c1976
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Electronic Pocket Calculator by Isot, model Elka 101, c1976. Before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Bulgaria hasd one of the largest electronics industries in Eastern Europe. However in the 1970s they had to import the integrated circuits to compete.

Details

Category:
Computing & Data Processing
Object Number:
1999-748
Materials:
plastic, metal, paper (fibre product) and electronic components
Measurements:
25 mm x 70 mm x 135 mm, 0.14 kg
type:
electronic pocket calculators
credit:
Meehan, (Mrs.)