Object Details
maker
Summit International Corporation
Description
This unusually compact handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and an array of eighteen plastic keys, seventeen of them square and one (the zero key) rectangular. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear entry key, and a clear key. The on/off switch is left of the top three keys. An eight-digit red LED display is behind this. A tag on the front edge reads: Summit. A jack for a power supply is on the left side. The back of the calculator has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A sticker on the lid of the compartment reads: “Tom Thumb” (/) CALCULATOR WILL OPERATE FROM (/) 9 VOLT BATTERY OR OPTIONAL (/) SUMMIT ADAPTER. Further text reads: MODEL SM8 (/) SERIAL NO. 10933 (/) Tm SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
References:
[Advertisement], Salina (Kansas) Journal, December 28, 1973, p. 17. Summit SM8 selling for $53.24.
[Advertisement], Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, January 8, 1974. Summit SM8 advertised as selling for $39.97.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1973
ID Number
1986.0988.073
catalog number
1986.0988.073
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
paper (stickers material)
metal (circuitry material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm x 8.5725 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_334487