Commodore 202

Commodore 202

The Commodore 202 was possibly the first adding machine sold exclusively by the company. It was announced in 1967 and manufactured by a Japanese company Ricoh which previously built the 201 adding machine for Commodore. The award-winning case design for the adder was created by Thomas McGourty of Commodore. The 202 featured a built-in column indicator (recording the number of digits pressed) and a printer.

  • Operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, credit balance, automatic total and sub-total, automatic repeat key for repeat addition, subtraction, and multiplication,
  •  column indicator : 10 digit, mechanical,
  • printing mechanism: 10 column list, eleven column total, red and black printing,
  • keyboard: 17 keys including “clear”, single, double, and triple “0” keys,
  • power: AC only
  • Creator: Ricoh and Commodore International Ltd.
  • Date: 1967
  • Coverage: North America, Europe, late 1960s — early 1970s