Casio fx-602P from 1981 - The best calculator Casio ever made? 

Got one when they came out, still have it, together with the FA-1 interface and the printer. Excellent little thing.

Got me through my A Levels and University. Still have it, the and cassette adapter and a tape of software. Not used in anger in 30+ years and this video has inspired me to take another look. Just need a cassette player.

Great video. Thanks a lot. I still have my FX-602P - it is 40 years old.

Still got this fantastic calculator from 1982 with the FA-2, still the best from Casio

Still got my 602P, brilliant calculator.

Bought this calculator in 1981 in a jewellery store (thats where they were sold in those days if I remember right). Was pretty expensive at the time for a poor student. This calculator got me through Physics and Mathematical Physics exams no problem. Still got it. Works a dream.

Great calculator. I had this and the fx702p when I was at school. Great memories. Thanks.

Thank you! I've been trying to remember which Casio model I used for my final exams in EE. This must have been it - the date works and it definitely looks familiar. I credit this with saving my career. I just could not get my head around Control Theory and failed that exam first attempt. The university was very fussy about what calculators were allowed, but it was a blacklist system rather than a whitelist. Most programmable HP and Texas models were banned, certainly anything with a card or tape reader, which I think they thought meant ruling out programmability! I guess being quite new, modest looking, and similar in style to much simpler Casio units, this one got through. There was just enough programmability to go into the exam armed with what I called my "Little Bode Helper", which enabled me to manually sketch Bode Diagrams very quickly. I was surprised it does not have complex number support, so I must have coded that up too. I do not think I would have passed this exam on the second attempt without this edge.

Good video on a classic calculator.

I bought one of these when i saw it in a full page advert in the Telegraph in 1981 when it first came out, i was blown away. I had to have it. It was so new i could only buy it at the time from one shop in Holborn London. Cost me around 99£ which was a lot in those days. Also bought the fa2 adaptor for 20£. I still have it. Saw me through Uni and my career. Wasn't the best Casio made, it was the best calculator period before graphing calculators came out.

Together with the earlier (and similar in appearance) fx-501/502p, this calc is indeed among the best and sexiest Casio ever produced. It's really a joy to use, and the alphanumeric mnemonic is a massive improvement over the keycodes displayed by the 501/502. Of course Kraftwerk did their bit in promoting those earlier models with their "music" (read: bleeps and bloops) gimmick: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9_jNIowu1uk.html

After this fx 790 p....a rocket!!!!

je l'ai eue juste avant la hp41cv une des meilleure pour se programmer une bataille navale en 5 minutes

Hello CC, excellent calculator channel and especially vintage ones. I found you since I have a casio fc-200 and I need to program some statistical formulas, but I don't know how and I realize that apparently you have a manual or technique to do it, can you share it?

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These models are out of reach for many, now.

The best of the best

I want to buy one

*Update:* Ignore this post. It was probably just RU-vid shenanigans. Deleting comments? How disappointing. I was about to share the video on social media … But no. Not if you delete comments.