Rockwell-Anita Calculators
Rockwell-Anita 1041

Rockwell Anita 1041

Rockwell Anita 1041 (aka Anita 1041-RA[1])

Power supply - AC mains.

Display is scientific, 10 digits mantissa & 2 digits exponent, amber gas discharge, Burroughs Panaplex II.

Scientific functions.

Integrated circuit - Rockwell A4800PC, here date-coded week 13 of 1975.

251 mm x 194 mm x 56 mm (9.9" x 7.6" x 2.2").

Made in England, Sumlock Anita Ltd., Rockwell International.

Launched in 1975 with a price of £119GBP[1].

Inside

The interior of the 1041, showing the Panaplex II discharge display and the Rockwell chip. This machine was designed with room for rechargeable cells, top left, should a version needing them ever be required.  Note that the circuit board is marked '1041 RA'.

The sales brochure "Calculators & Computers" (here in pdf format) of the Yugoslavian company Elektronska Industija, which obtained the design and the production facilities of ANITA calculators around 1976, shows the model Ei 1041 on p21.  This is an updated version of the ANITA 1041 with a yellow-green display.

 

Reference:

  1. "SCIENTIFIC DESKTOP CALCULATOR", Electronics Today International, June 1975, p6.

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