ANITA Desk Calculators using both Transistor Logic & Integrated Circuits
ANITA 1010
Photograph courtesy of Richard Alan.
ANITA 1010
Power supply - AC mains.
Display is 10 digits, Nixie tubes.
4-function, %, rounding, uses RPN (Reverse Polish Notation).
Mainly uses transistors, but also has integrated circuits made by Marconi-Elliott Microelectronics using "MOST" (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Transistor) technology.
265 x 335 x 172 mm (10.4" x 13.25" x 6.75").
Introduced in July 1969, price £320 GBP[1] (about US$760).
Made in England by Sumlock Anita Electronics Ltd, distributed by Sumlock Comptometer Ltd.
Looking from the rear with the cover removed, showing 10 boards with transistors which plug into a vertical board, which itself plugs into a horizontal motherboard along the bottom of the
chassis.
Three other boards and the display board also plug into the motherboard.
Photograph courtesy of Richard Alan.
The advertisement above is from a period when there was a great "buy British" campaign in the UK.
Sales brochure for the ANITA 1010 (pdf format, courtesy of Matthew Mawson).
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Anita Desk Calculators using both Transistor Logic & Integrated Circuits
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