Canon Palmtronic LD-8S Handheld Electronic Calculator

Object Details

Canon, Inc.

Description

This slim handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with silver-colored brushed metal on the front and is black in back. It has an array of ten digit keys with a decimal point key and a percentage key. To the left of these keys are four keys for arithmetic functions and a total key. Above them are a square root key, a clear key, and a clear indicator (clear entry) key.

Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit fluorescent display. A mark behind it reads: Canon (/) Palmtronic 8s. The on/off switch is in the upper left corner and the socket for an adapter is along the top edge.

The back has a compartment for two batteries. A sticker at the base of this reads: 549667. Another sticker below the compartment on the back of the calculator reads in part: Canon (/) Palmtronic LD-8s (/) BM D.C. 3V = 0.2W (/) CANON INC. It then describes three possible power supplies. These are two penlight batteries, a Canon NiCd battery pack-4, or a Canon AC Adapter AD-2.

The calculator fits in a black plastic folder marked: Canon (/) Palmtronic. This holds an instruction leaflet written in English, German, French, and Spanish. A warranty with numeric code 0676B150 fits with the sleeve in a cardboard box. A mark on the box reads: Canon (/) Palmtronic LD-8s. A mark on the back of it reads: CANON INC. (/) JAPAN/JAPON.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of John B. Priser

ca 1977

ID Number

1986.0988.030

catalog number

1986.0988.030

accession number

1986.0988

Object Name

electronic calculator

Other Terms

electronic calculator; Handheld

Physical Description

plastic (case; keys; sleeve; display window material)

metal (circuitry material)

paper (instructions; sticker; box material)

Measurements

overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 4 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.3825 cm

place made

Japan

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Medicine and Science: Computers

Computers & Business Machines

Handheld Electronic Calculators

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_334444

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

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