Object Details
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a white and black plastic case with twenty rounded rectangular plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a percentage key, and a clear key, the calculator has two blank keys that appear to have no function. Just above the keyboard, on the left, is the on/off switch. Behind this is an eight-digit red LED display. A mark on the display cover reads: Mathmatic S-888.
The back of the calculator has a battery compartment at the top that is missing its cover. A sticker below this is marked: MODEL S-888. It gives examples of working the calculator. Further text at the bottom reads: MATHMATIC SALES, INC., WATERBURY, (/) CONNECTICUT 06704 (/) made in Thailand.
References:
[Advertisement], New York Times, July 11, 1973, p. 8. Mathmatic 808 (not 888 or S-888) calculator regularly $99.50, on sale for $77.00.
[Advertisement], New York Times, August 1, 1973, p. 18. Mathmatic 808 calculator, originally $109.50, on sale for $79.00.
[Advertisement], New York Times, October 14, 1973, p. 42. Mathmatic 808 calculator on sale for $69.95.
[Advertisement], New York Times, January 1, 1975, p. C20. Mathmatic 888 (not S-888) advertised for $29. Regular price is $49.95. This is a different calculator.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1976
ID Number
1986.0988.330
catalog number
1986.0988.330
accession number
1986.0988.330
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements
overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 5 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.9225 cm
place made
Thailand
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Computers & Business Machines
Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1363797