The First European Pocket Calculator

Fun bit of Pocket Calculator history about the Digitron db-800. Europe’s first pocket calculator, released on 1971.

The pocket calculator db 800 made history as the first European pocket calculator, and its successor model db 801 received awards and recognition wherever it appeared.

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For a timeline of other notable pocket caclulator history checkout this article from EdTech: The History of Calculators: Evolution of the Calculator (Timeline)

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