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Summit MB8 Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator with Instructions
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  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator with Instructions
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Box
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Box
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator in Box with Adapter, Instructions and Case
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator with Adapter, Case and Instructions
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Summit MB-8 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    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. 112020 (/) Model No. MB-8 (/) Made in U.S.A. Below the sticker is a compartment for a nine volt battery.
    The calculator comes with a leather, cloth-lined, zippered case marked on the front: Summit. It also has a black power adapter marked in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. These pieces, along with an instruction manual for the MB10 and MB8 Summit calculators, fit in foam, which in turn fits in a paper sleeve. A price tag on the sleeve reads $29.95, marked down to $14.95.
    The calculator carried out calculations of up to twenty digits, and displayed the eight most significant digits.
    No advertisements found.
    Compare 1986.0988.283.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    1972-1973

    ID Number

    1986.0988.070

    catalog number

    1986.0988.070

    accession number

    1986.0988

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Other Terms

    electronic calculator; Handheld

    Physical Description

    plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
    metal (circuitry; pouch zipper material)
    paper (labels; instruction manual; box material)
    leather (pouch 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

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-78a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_334484
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