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Unitrex CB-8SL Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Unitrex CB-8S1 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Unitrex CB-8S1 Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Unitrex CB-8S1 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    Object Details

    maker

    Eiko Business Machine Company

    Description

    This handheld electronic calculator is designed to fit into a checkbook (this example has no wallet). It has a plastic front, circuit board, and keys. The twenty-three rectangular keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key (that can also serve as a memory exchange key), a percentage key (that can serve as a square root key), a total key, four arithmetic function keys (one of which can also serve as a squaring key and another as an inverse key), four memory keys, a clear entry/clear key, and a function/clear function key. The on/off switch is left of the three keys in the top row. There is space for six AAA batteries but no battery jack.
    A sticker on the back of the calculator circuit board reads in part: UNITREX MODEL CB-8SL ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. It also reads in part: SERIAL NO. 94456 (/) HONG KONG
    Compare Unitrex CB-8SL (1986.098.161) and Novus Attache (1986.0988.227).
    References:
    [Advertisement], Eastern Progress, April 28, 1977, p. 8. Unitrex CB-8SL on sale for $17.99, regularly $19.99.
    [Advertisement], Sedalia Democrat [Sedalia, Missouri], October 26, 1977, p. 36. Unitrex slide rule checkbook calculator selling for $9.99.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1977

    ID Number

    1986.0988.161

    catalog number

    1986.0988.161

    accession number

    1986.0988

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Other Terms

    electronic calculator; Handheld

    Physical Description

    plastic (cover; keys material)
    metal (circuitry material)
    paper (stickers material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 8.5725 cm x 17.145 cm

    place made

    China: Hong Kong

    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/ng49ca746b2-b957-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_334575
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