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Re:Soviet Calculators History (1998) by orphean on Monday July 15, 2024 @11:46AM (#40968915)
"The first models of the Elektronika B3-21 had a red LED display. The comma used one full position in the display. Later the display was changed to green fluorescent but this made its operation slower by 20 %"

The red ones go faster after all (waaagh).

Re:Soviet Calculators History (1998) by dboreham on Monday July 15, 2024 @12:48PM (#40969456)
They're only red when they're going away from you...
Re:Soviet Calculators History (1998) by patze on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:02PM (#40972854)
I appreciate the fact that even normies like me understand the otherwise unrelated “Warhammer 40k” and “red shift” references here.