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Casio Mini

The Casio Mini was the first affordable handheld calculator in the world. It was this particular calculator that boosted Casio to what it is now.

They started production in August 1972 and sales exploded in 1973 due to the low price. Production was at 100.000 calculators a month and after 3 years they topped sales to 6.000.000 units. Production cost began cheaper and price dropped more and more. having more sales. after 5 years production the mini production ended by reaching 10.000.000 units sold .

DM for the Casio Mini 1973-1975

Japanese TV commercial 1974 Casio Mini CM-604


The Casio Mini Japanese Commercial song 1972-1973 ( and used again in 1978 for the Micro-mini)

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Overview of the Casio Mini serie (all are part of the museum)

Casio Mini

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Casio Mini (CM-601)

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Casio Mini (CM-602)

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Casio Mini (CM-602 (B))

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Casio Mini (CM-603(A))

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Casio Mini (CM-604)

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Casio Mini (CM-605(A))

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Casio Mini (CM-605(B))

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Casio personal-mini (CM-606)

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Casio personal-mini (CM-607)

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Casio Mini Memory

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Casio Deluxe Memory

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Casio Mini Root

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Casio Mini Root-M

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Casio Mini-8

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Casio Mini-Printer

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Casio Root-8

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