Anita MK8 Calculator Video

[threeneurons]

Here's the link to a youtube video of an Anita MK8 calculator that was just restored:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-qvtiqWens

The owner of this machine contacted me, a couple of months back, about dekatrons (what else). Nice to see it up and running. Operation is a tad bizarre, but it works !

[kay486]

thats just sexy, thanks for sharing!

[gregebert]

What's amazing is the relatively small number of electronic components given it's a 4-function calculator, and as a result it's really convoluted how you use it.

[GastonP]

Actually, electromechanical accounting calculators of that time, which the Anita intended to replace, were as complicated to operate as this ones.

[Dekatron42]

I found some more pictures and restoration information here: http://www.gloeidraad.nl/radioforum/index.php?id=177352

/Martin

[Jon D.]

Here is a link to a Wang LOCI-2 Calculator Nixie calculator teardown:  http://edn.com/design/pc-board/4433165/Teardown--1966-Programmable-scientific-calculator?elq=b0d498fcc15344d8b6e42902abfd4fbc&elqCampaignId=18476

The article is dated 6 August.  I'm attaching a .pdf of the EDN article.

There is also a 39sec video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4b2BHjMNnM