Elorg 801
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 | 1978
to 1984
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77 mm
155 mm
24 mm
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 | 30-35 Finnish Marks
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 | 3 x AA
450 mW
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| 8 digit Red LED
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See also...
Elektronika MK-23A
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calculator courtesy Timo Leipala
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General Instruments EZ2000
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The operating instructions are molded into the back of the calculator, as in the Elektronika MK-23A of similar design. At the bottom "MADE IN USSR Electronorgtechnika Model 801"
This calculator is very similar to models made by General Instruments of Canada (for example, General EZ2000 shown above). Possibly the USSR company purchased molds and equipment after General quit the calculator business.
1978 Elorg 801 advertisment
© 1997-2000 Timo Leipala
1981 Elorg 801 advertisment
© 1997-2000 Timo Leipala
"Elorg 801 was very cheap at the end of seventies in Finland. It was sold
at a gasoline station chain partially owned by Russians and many of them
were bought by electronics enthusiasts. They did not use the calculator but
its LED display was good and cheaper than LED displays bought separately.
Elorg 801 was sold from spring 1978 to spring 1984
at the Teboil service station chain in Finland, and its price was originally 30 FM and later 35 FM! (As you know the prices
of calculators usually went down very fast). Teboil later introduced also
Russian LCD calculators, Elorg 39 in 1981, Elorg 58 in 1982 and scientific
Elorg 38 in 1984. - Timo Leipala
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