Object Details
maker
Summit International Corporation
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case with twenty rectangular plastic keys. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a % key, a clear key, and a clear entry key. The memory key may serve for storage or accumulation. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. The on/off switch is right of it. A power jack is on the back edge. A tag on the front reads: Summit.
A tag on the back of the calculator gives operating instructions. It reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Serial No. M13014 Model K08M (/) Salt Lake City, Utah MANUFACTURED BY NCE NUCLEAR (/) made in U.S.A.
Compare to 1986.0988.282 and 1986.0988.287.
Reference:
[Advertisement], Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, July 9, 1973, p. 6. Advertised as selling for $115.
[Advertisement], Salt Lake City Tribune, November 10, 1977, p. 17. Offered in closeout sale for $1.88.
Guy Ball, “Summit a Man and the Idea,” International Calculator Collector. A version of this article is online, accessed November 19, 2014.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1973
ID Number
1986.0988.072
catalog number
1986.0988.072
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (stickers material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm
place made
United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
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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_334486