Object Details
maker
Eiko Business Machine Company
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has an off-white plastic case and an array of twenty rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a change sign key, a percentage key, a square root key, a clear entry key, and a clear key. Above the keyboard on the right is the on/off switch. Left of it is a switch for setting a constant and left of this a switch for setting the position of the decimal point.
Behind these is an eight-digit red LED display. A mark behind it reads: UNITREX (/) mini handy 80R. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge.
The back has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A mark on the back of the cover of this compartment reads: A17D03893. Text on a sticker attached to the calculator at the base of the back reads: UNITREX mini handy 80R (/) EIKO BUSINESS MACHINE CO. LTD. (/) DC 9V 0.45W MADE IN JAPAN.
The case is very similar to that of the Unitrex Mini 8 (1986.0988.017).
Reference:
[Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, November 28, 1974, p. C11. Unitrex Mini Handy 80R regularly $39.95, on sale for $34.95.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1974
ID Number
1986.0988.018
catalog number
1986.0988.018
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements
overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 12.7 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_334432