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FEATURED MUSEUM MASTERPIECE

FEATURED ARCHIVE

TIMELINES AT A GLANCE

CHRONOLOGICAL ARCHIVES

**NEW ROBERT RAGEN**
**FRIDEN 130 PHOTO TIMELINE**
**OF THE PROTOTYPING PROCESS**

Robert Ragen is the legendary inventor of the Friden 130, regarded by many scholars as the first commercial transistorized desktop calculator. The Robert Ragen Friden 130 Archive, presented here for the very first time, consists of vast - previously unknown & unpublished - Friden Calculator development artifacts including prototypes, color slides, audio tapes of key internal discussions, and much more  

**ALSO**
The 2nd earliest known public press release for any commercial transistorized desktop calculator/computer

was recently discovered at
The Museum of TrailingEdge Technology

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BIOGRAPHIES

PHOTO ARCHIVES

THIS YEAR'S FEATURED MUSEUM PIECE

CHRONOLOGICAL PATENT ARCHIVE

USER MANUAL ARCHIVE

SUPPLEMENTAL ANITA PRESS ARCHIVE

1960's PHYSICAL EXHIBITS

MoTET's Early Radio Wing

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Portrait of Grace Hopper by Aryn Coyle. In the collection of the Afflerbach Mansion Art Gallery at the Museum of Trailing-Edge Technology

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