• DocumentCode
    3852112
  • Title

    Once Upon a Pocket: Programmable Calculators from the Late 1970s and Early 1980s and the Social Networks Around Them

  • Author

    Dejan Ristanović;Jelica Protić

  • Author_Institution
    PC Press, Serbia
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    55
  • Lastpage
    66
  • Abstract
    Programmable pocket calculators of the mid-1970s opened up a new segment of the personal computing devices market. Calculator users established clubs, magazines, and conferences, and their interaction with manufacturers shaped the products´ further development. This article explores one of the understudied roots of personal computing, through the evolution of the user communities formed around the TI-59 and HP-41C calculators.
  • Keywords
    "Calculators","Software development","History","Microcomputers","Calculators","Random access memory","Programming"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2011.63
  • Filename
    6158627
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3852112