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World's First Heterogeneous System Architecture Calculator... From SHARP in 1978 - Waon Shinyoe - 11-12-2015 12:50 PM Just found out this interesting calculator & abacus produced by SHARP... I wonder if the abacus part functions as a single register XD Image from http://www.dentaku-museum.com/calc/calc/1-sharp/6-sorocal/sorocal.html RE: World's First Heterogeneous System Architecture Calculator... From SHARP in 1978 - Joseph_21sv - 11-13-2015 03:40 PM So 27-digit personal calculators with digital displays are actually essentially as old as the Atari 2600 (if one discounts that they might in technicality have been two entirely separable devices)? see link in OP for image of digital calculator and abacus separated