Object Details
Description
This credit card-sized calculator has a metal case with twenty-three rectangular plastic keys and plastic trim. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a percentage key, and three memory keys. In addition, the calculator has an off key, an on/clear key, and a clear entry key. Above the keys on the left is the eight-digit LCD display. A mark below it reads: VITRONIC V.
Text at the bottom of the back reads: CREDIT CARD ELECTRONIC (/) LIQUID CRYSTAL CALCULATOR. It also reads: MADE IN HONG KONG.
The calculator has a dark brown plastic container that also holds a leaflet of instructions.
Compare the National Semiconductor 102C (1986.0988.308) and the National Semiconductor 199 (1986.0988.309).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1979
ID Number
1986.0988.162
catalog number
1986.0988.162
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
aluminum (case material)
plastic (keys; carrying case material)
paper (instructions material)
Measurements
overall: 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; .635 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.0325 cm
place made
China: Hong Kong
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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_334576