Object Details
maker
Summit International Corporation
Description
This American handheld electronic calculator has an off-white plastic case and an array of seventeen indented plastic keys (the Texas Instruments Klixon type, but smaller), most of them square. The zero key and the decimal point key are rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key and four arithmetic function keys, the calculator has a clear entry key and a clear key. A sticker left of the top two keys reads: Summit. Behind the keys is an eight-digit red LED display. On the left side are an on/off switch and a constant switch.
A jack for a power adapter is on the front side.
A sticker on the back reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Salt Lake City, Utah (/) SEE MANUAL FOR OPERATION (/) Serial No. 115981 (/) Model No. MB-8 (/) Made in U.S.A. Below the sticker is a compartment for a nine-volt battery.
No advertisements found.
Compare 1986.0988.070.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1972-1973
ID Number
1986.0988.283
catalog number
1986.0988.283
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (stickers material)
Measurements
overall: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 2.54 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_1362251