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Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator, Box
  • Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator with Box and Case
  • Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View
  • Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator, Box

    Object Details

    maker

    Canon, Inc.

    Description

    This handheld electronic calculator has a brown plastic case with cream-colored ends. It has a bank of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, an SC key, a clear key, a clear indicator (clear entry) key, four function keys, two memory keys, and a total key. Oval buttons are labeled hour, minute, and second. Above the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. An AUTO switch and an on/off switch are left of the display. Text above the display reads: SEXAGESIMAL CALCULATOR (/) Canon 8-T.
    Text on the back of the case reads: Canon (/) PALMTRONIC 8-T (/) BM. Further text reads: CANON INC. Further text reads: JAPAN.
    A socket for an adapter is on the top edge. (This example has no adapter.) A compartment on the back would hold two AA batteries. A sticker on the back of the compartment cover reads: 499563.
    The calculator fits in a black plastic sleeve marked: Canon. Both the sleeve and the calculator fit in a black paper box. A sticker on the box reads: $14.99.
    An advertisement in the Los Angeles Times describes the Canon Palmtronic 8-T, with AC adapter, as selling for $34.99.
    Reference:
    Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1976, p. B6.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1976

    ID Number

    1987.0435.22

    accession number

    1987.0435

    catalog number

    1987.0435.22

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Physical Description

    plastic (case; display window; sleeve material)
    metal (circuitry material)
    paper (sticker; box material)

    Measurements

    overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm

    place made

    Japan

    See more items in

    Medicine and Science: Computers
    Computers & Business Machines
    Handheld Electronic Calculators

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9851-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_214346
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