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Monroe Calculating Machine Company, Inc
U.S. Government Price List - 1958
courtesy LaFarr Stuart, his web site
LaFarr likes numbers and numeric "tricks". While in a college stint - studying to be a weather forcaster, he helped a Monroe salesman on sales calls. When a potential customer wanted to do something unusual, such as computing square roots on a machine not so specially equiped (a very expensive option on a competing machine), LaFarr was more than delighted to show how to do it on a Monroe calculator.
To aid LaFarr's Monroe knowledge, the salesman gave LaFarr a government oriented catalog.
An introduction to selling to the government, as dimly recalled from long ago and far away.
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GSA CatalogSales to the U.S. government and associated armed services often involve Government services Administration (GSA). In spite of popular opinion and occasional evidence, "the government" tries to get a "good deal" when buying equipment. Frequently, part of the deal requires the proposed vendor to supply a "best prices" guaranteed to be lower than the price available to non-government buyers (with the possible exception of "Educational Discounts"?). The vendors usually try to hide these (GSA) prices from non-government commercial prospects to discourage the prospect from trying to bargain this low.
To divide the 46 page tabbed catalog into more easily downloaded sizes, the following is offered:
and a section on how to more easily (or with less difficulty) take square roots on a calculator with out a square root option.
- Cover and Introduction 1.8 MB
- Calculators 4.5 MB
- Adding Machines 3.5 MB
- Accounting and Posting Machines 3.0 MB
- Integrated Data Processing 1.3 MB
- Repair and Maintenance, Rentals & back cover 2.7 MB
Square Root techniques 2.1 MB