Electronics Repair Question

it's cheaper and easier to throw it away and buy a new one.

I'm not looking for "cheaper" or "easier". I love my calculator and I want to keep using it for another 37 years.

Is this a regular claculator, or one of those high tech graphing ones?

http://www.fixthatcalc.com/

This is the exact model: http://www.technet.hu/data/cikk/38/46/61/cikk_384661/5.jpg

Good luck, Matt. I applaud you for not just throwing it out & adding to the landfill.

Thanks for the tip, CC. I just emailed them and asked if they would fix my non-HP calculator. :)

Did you try feeding the mouse and making sure the wheel is greased?

Thanks, drdrd. The calculator has sentimental value, as well -- it was my parents'. They bought it in 1971 for $299 -- in ten installments! (In today's dollars, that would have been $1051.94!).

I know it's big and clunky compared to today's calcs, but I find it extremely comfortable to use during prolonged number-crunching sessions, with its typewriter key-sized buttons, reducing the risk of hitting the wrong key (which is easy to do with pocket-sized calcs and their tiny, close-set buttons).

Also, the bright blue LEDs which measure a full half-inch high greatly reduce eye strain. I've always hated the tiny black-on-grey LCD screens.

Why does technology mean everything has to get so gosh-darn tiny and difficult to see and use???

if you want a modern calculator with a big screen, get a TI83 graphing calculator. The screen is huge.

Thanks for the suggestion, but no. The screen is "huge" only by pocket calculator standards. And as I mentioned above, I don't like having to use my fingernails to press tiny buttons.

Sometimes old electronics just need the connections to be reseated or cleaned a little. You could try contacting these people:
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/commodore_c108.html

ChasingWamus, good point. I was thinking that reheating all points on the circuit board would fix any cold solder joints.

NYCMatt, that picture made me sentimentally attached and I've never even met her.

curious- how much do you are you willing to spend?

Up to $500.