Object Details
maker
Unisonic
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case with an array of twenty-five square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, two memory keys, a clear key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, and a percentage key. Above the keyboard are a decimal point switch (floating decimal point, two digits after the decimal point, or four digits after the decimal point) and a subtraction summation switch. A mark behind this reads: Unisonic 737 (/) SLIDE RULETTE. Behind this is a green vacuum fluorescent display. Another switch and a jack for a power supply are along the back edge. Text on the back reads: Unisonic 737 (/) RATING 6V-DC 0.5W (/) NO. 028723 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
Compare MachVI Slide Rulette (1986.0988.254).
Reference:
[Advertisement], Washington Post, May 15, 1974, p. E7. Unisonic 737 “pocket memory calculator,” regularly priced at $69.96, on sale for $59.88.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1974
ID Number
1986.0988.119
accession number
1986.0988
catalog number
1986.0988.119
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys material)
metal (case; circuitry material)
glass (display material)
Measurements
overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.335 cm
place made
Japan
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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_334533