Object Details
maker
Sanyo Electric Company
Description
This hefty handheld electronic calculator has a metal case, eighteen indented square plastic keys, and a metal hold bar. The keys include ten for digits, one for a decimal point, four for arithmetic functions, one clear display (CK), one clear all, and an H key. The addition and subtraction keys also serve as total /difference keys.
The keyboard also has a bar with a light on it. A mark on it reads: HOLD. A tag behind the keyboard 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 is at the back edge.
A tag on the back of the calculator reads: SANYO MODEL ICC-810 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) INPUT DC 7.5 V (/) DC 7.5V, DC 2.5W (/) SERIAL NO. 77205767 T (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN.
Compare 1986.0988.178.
References:
The web sites calculator.org as well as myCalcdb.free.fr date this calculator to 1972-1974. No advertisements found.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1972-1974
ID Number
1986.0988.177
accession number
1986.0988
catalog number
1986.0988.177
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
metal (case; circuitry material)
plastic (keys material)
glass (display material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 in x 6 in; 2.8575 cm x 7.62 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_334591