Rotary calculators - Friden SVE

Originally used by the Oregon Bureau of Land Management. Ambitious shortcut multiplication and automatic decimal point management. The number of digits after the decimal had to be preselected using a knob on the left side of the machine. The multiplier keypad had its own decimal point key. There was one other V-line Friden, the SVJ, which was an SVE with back transfer. Improvements for servicing – carriage flips up, outer panels easily removed. Rushed to market, crippled by a main drive shaft that was undersized and prone to bending, all the V-line were recalled after only a year of production. They were later reintroduced with a different color scheme as the R-line, with this machine becoming the RSC. (Bodley, Fridenites)