Object Details
maker
Sanyo Electric Company
Description
This hefty handheld electronic calculator has a metal case and eighteen indented square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear display key (CK), a clear all key (CA), and an arrow key pushed to show digits not indicated on the display (the display shows eight digits in the result, but calculations are to sixteen digits). The addition and subtraction keys also serve as total /difference keys.
The keyboard also has a switch that may be set at 0, 2, or 4 to indicate the placement of the decimal point. A mark below it reads: DECIMAL P. Behind the keyboard is a light that indicates when the battery is low. A tag next to it reads: SANYO. Behind this is the eight-digit gas discharge display. An on/off switch is on the right side and a jack for a power adapter at the back edge.
A tag on the back of the calculator reads: SANYO MODEL ICC-807D (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) INPUT DC 7.5 V (/) DC 7.5V, DC 2.5W (/) SERIAL NO. 77123492 T (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN.
Compare 1986.0988.177.
References:
A manual is online at the wass.net website, accessed October 9, 2014.
The calculator.org website dates this calculator to 1972-1973. The epocalc.net website dates it to 1971. No advertisements found.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1972
ID Number
1986.0988.178
accession number
1986.0988
catalog number
1986.0988.178
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
metal (case; circuitry material)
plastic (keys material)
glass (display material)
Measurements
overall: 1 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 2.54 cm x 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm
place made
Japan
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Medicine and Science: Computers
Computers & Business Machines
Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_334592