Object Details
maker
Zykkor
Description
This handheld electronic calculator is on a key chain. It has a gold-colored metal case with an array of twenty-five metal keys and a metal chain. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, and four memory keys, it has a square root key, a percentage key, a clear entry key, an on/clear key, and an off key. A mark above the keys reads: ZYKKOR LC-244. Behind this is an eight-digit LCD display.
Zykkor was a Japanese manufacturer of optical lenses and other photographic products. In the 1980s it distributed a wide variety of electronic products.
A mark on the back reads: MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C. (/) FABRIQUE A TAIWAN R.D.C.
The calculator.org website gives a date of introduction of 1985 for this calculator.
References:
Calculator.org website, accessed July 8, 2015.
[Advertisement], New York Times, January 29, 1985, p. A7. Zykkor LC-220 (a different model calculator) advertised as on sale for $3.95.
MyCalcDB.free.fr website, accessed July 8, 2015.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1985
ID Number
1986.0988.339
catalog number
1986.0988.339
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
metal (case; keys; chain material)
plastic (circuit board material)
Measurements
overall: 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 4.445 cm x 5.715 cm
place made
Taiwan
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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_1363895