Thursday, June 05, 2008

OLD CALCULATOR: Commodore 796M from 1976

Old Calculators is an even slower-boiling feature than Reader's Remotes. But the rewards are worth the wait.

Commodore 796M - and the RAPID

"Hello again. I thought you might like this particular calculator as it's made by Commodore and is therefore absolutely brilliant. I only wish it was possible to play Buggy Boy on it."

Commodore 796M - and the RAPID

"The calculator is a model 796M and was made in Stockton, England in 1976. As you can see it has a nice red LED display and according to the instruction manual contains a 'revolution in computer technology, a component called a silicon 'chip'....' It must have been like visiting the moon on rocket boots when such amazing machines as this were pioneered."

Commodore 796M - and the RAPID

"Second up, I found this stunning pair of 'RAPID's which you may or may not have already had, but I haven't seen them on here. They were found in a little handheld fan that someone gave me at Christmas, and by their performance I can state with absolute conviction that RAPID refers less to the speed with which it will make the fan blades revolve, and much more to the speed with which they will cease to power anything at all."

Commodore 796M - and the RAPID

"I thought they looked nice next to a little budda thing we have on our windowsill, make your own assumptions about why the calculator is balanced on the coffee machine, and I didn't include any pictures of my pointy thumbs or my fucking fridge handles for you tossers to mock - The Rat."

8 Comments:

Blogger Sponge Finge said...

Morphy Richards coffee machines. They're shit.

2:25 PM  
Blogger The Rat said...

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2:49 PM  
Blogger ljorg said...

BOOBLESS!

6:04 PM  
Anonymous Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells said...

No pictures of your boobs for us to mock either

:(

9:08 AM  
Blogger Badben said...

I'm impressed. I've zoomed the photos a lot but there's very little to mock. sponge finge has already bagged the coffee machine :-(

I don't much care for the roof on the building opposite yours, but holding you responsible for that seems a bit of a stretch...

3:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have one of these too! I shall check if it's an older model later.

4:17 PM  
Blogger Kitt FDUK said...

I had this calculator. Given that I was born in 1975 this means that my mum bought me a ten year old calculator for school.

12:17 PM  
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