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Unitrex Mini Handy 80R Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Unitrex Mini Handy 8OR Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Unitrex Mini Handy 8OR Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Unitrex Mini Handy 8OR Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    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

    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/ng49ca746a1-35c9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_334432
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