Sanyo CX 8176L Handheld Electronic Calculator

This compact handheld electronic calculator has a metal case and twenty-three round plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, four arithmetic function keys, a decimal point key, a total key, two memory keys, a square root key, a change sign key, a % key, a clear K key, and a clear all key. The on/off switch is right of the top three keys. A mark above it reads: SANYO (/) CX8176L (/) Lithium Batteries Calculator. Behind this is an eight-digit LCD display.

A mark printed on the back of the calculator reads: SANYO CX-8176L (/) BATTERY: DC 6V (Two Type LF – ½ W (/) Lithium Manganese Batteries.) (/) POWER: 0.001W (/) SERIAL NO. 107194 T (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD. (/) MADE IN JAPAN / FABRIQUE AU JAPON BM.

According to the Panasonic website, the CX-8176L calculator, introduced in 1976, was the first Sanyo product to use Sanyo’s newly developed lithium batteries. Panasonic would acquire a majority ownership of Sanyo in 2009 and made it a totally owned subsidy in 2011.

References:

[Advertisement] Grand Prairie (Texas) Daily News, June 15, 1977, p. 57. Advertisement for Sanyo CX-8176L calculator.

Panasonic.net website.

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