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Summit SL-8M Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Summit SL-8M Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Summit SL-8M Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Summit SL-8M Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Summit SL-8M Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    Object Details

    maker

    Summit International Corporation

    Description

    This handheld electronic calculator has a tan and brown plastic case with twenty-one rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, two memory keys, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a % key, a clear entry key, and a clear key. The 9 key also can be used to set the calculator in “add-mode” for entering numbers with two decimal digits. The on/off switch is on the left side. A tag next to the topmost key reads: SL-8M. A tag along the front edge reads: Summit. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display.
    The back of the calculator has a silver-colored tag that reads in part: Tm SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (/) SERIAL NO. 29422 (/) MODEL SL-8M (/) MADE IN U.S.A. A tag below this seals the battery door. It reads in part: DO NOT REMOVE (/) BATTERY DOOR. Below this is a battery compartment for two N or ½ AA batteries. At the top of the back is a jack for a power supply.
    The calculator has a sheet of instructions entitled: SL8M. The instrument fits in a brown leather, cloth-lined zippered case that is marked: Summit.
    References:
    [Advertisement], Salt Lake City Tribune, April 22, 1976, p. 38. Inventory clearance has offer of Summit SL-8M for $12.88.
    Summit International Corporation, Instruction Manual for SL8M Miniature Electronic Calculator, Salt Lake City: Summit. An electronic version of this manual is available at wass.net.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1974

    ID Number

    1986.0988.296

    catalog number

    1986.0988.296

    accession number

    1986.0988

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Physical Description

    plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
    metal (circuitry; pouch zipper material)
    paper (stickers; instructions material)
    leather (pouch material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.6675 cm x 12.065 cm

    place made

    United States: Utah, Salt Lake City

    See more items in

    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-79c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1363146
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