CaTec fx-82LB

Description

Brand: CaTec
Model: fx-82LB
Type: Scientific calculator
Picture: CaTec fx-82LB
Batteries: AA x 2
Lifetime: Introduced: unknown
Terminated: unknown
Notes: Another calculator using a general calculator IC and mimicking a CASIO calculator by name for credibility. Funny how the FRACTION moniker is used whilst this calculator does not have a fraction key as such.

Reverse image search came up with various other models with the same key layout but different housing, such as:
  • A brandless "made in China" version with the general type indicator "Scientific Calculator"
  • The A&W FRACTION
  • The Bazic 3003 SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR
  • The Bazic SCIENT IF IC calculator
  • The BISTEC BS-600
  • The Hungarian Btech fx-82LB FRACTION
  • The CaTec fx-82LB FRACTION (this one)
  • The encore fx-82LB FRACTION
  • The Guangdong Jishengke Industrial (广东吉盛科实业有限公司) S3
  • The Kaisen 10 Digit fx-82LB FRACTION
  • The KK fx-82LB FRACTION
  • The ORPAT fx-100D (Indian brand, and no it’s not a rebranded CASIO fx-100D)
  • The PHILIPS SBC 1707
  • The Signature FRACTION
  • The TECTRON fx-82LB FRACTION
Very peculiar (and probably illegal) how these can use familiar type indicators such as fx-82LB and fx-100D. Could it be a trick to be accepted as a standard high school calculator?

Anyway, the calculator itself is a 10-digit scientific calculator with a load of functions. BASE conversion, statistics and complex number calculations. Four screws need to be removed to replace the two AA batteries.