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Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    Object Details

    maker

    Unisonic

    Description

    This handheld electronic scientific calculator has a metal and plastic case and an array of thirty-five rectangular plastic keys. The ten digit keys and decimal point key are white. The keys for total, four arithmetic functions, three trigonometric functions, three inverse trigonometric functions, natural logarithms, exponents, clear, pi, square roots, inverses, and exchange are colored turquoise. The enter exponent, CHN, and four memory keys are orange. A mark behind the keyboard reads: Unisonic 796. The radian/degree and on/off switches are to the right of this. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit green vacuum fluorescent display. This display also could show a five-digit mantissa and two-digit exponent (with signs for both).
    A power jack is on the top edge.
    The back of the calculator has a sticker giving calculation examples. It reads in part: 796-A. It also reads in part: SERIAL NO. (/) 002305 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
    Compare 1986.0988.115 (Unisonic 799).
    Reference:
    Unisonic 896 8 Digit Electronic Slide Rule Calculator Instruction Manual, available from wass.net. Accessed June 30, 2015. The manual is for the 796-B, but the diagrams appear very similar.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1975

    ID Number

    1986.0988.116

    accession number

    1986.0988

    catalog number

    1986.0988.116

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Other Terms

    electronic calculator; Handheld

    Physical Description

    metal (case; circuitry material)
    plastic (case; keys; circuit board material)
    glass (display material)
    paper (sticker material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm

    place made

    Japan

    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/ng49ca746a1-385c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_334530
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