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Katie Wasserman Offline
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07-10-2006, 09:40 AM

Does anyone know more information about the apparently never released 12Bii, was this a real project or just a fictitious calculator? I found a couple of references to it but this is the only credible one12bii

Edited: 10 July 2006, 9:41 a.m.

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Bruce Horrocks Offline
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07-10-2006, 10:12 AM

There was a 12R (Real Estate Consultant) proposed once. Don't think that it ever went further than a keyboard layout / design for a Pioneer format machine.

Not heard of a 12bii but that might have been an early name for the Platinum given that the "ii" style of naming was in vogue at that time?

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07-10-2006, 01:46 PM

That might have been the unreleased Saturn-based 12C. As I've heard it, the focus group didn't like it because it was too fast. Apparently people who have used a 12C for years know how long it takes to do certain kinds of calculations, and don't trust it if it's too much faster. Whereas people that aren't so well-trained on the 12C didn't have any problem with the other Saturn-based financial calculators.

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