The going price is around NT $ 400. The widespread popularity of pocket calculators ushered in a computer revolution, and posed the question of whether or not the abacus could survive.
輕巧的電算機普及後，掀起計算器革命，「算盤到底還有沒有存在價值」引起不少討論，而算盤和電算機的對抗賽，也經常在各地舉行。