Object Details
- Casio Computer Company
- Description
- This compact handheld electronic calculator has a black case with an aluminum front. The keyboard has an array of square plastic keys, including ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, and, to the right of the digit keys, four keys for arithmetic functions. Left of the digit keys are an AC (all clear) key, a clear (entry) key, a percentage key, and a memory key. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. A mark above this reads: CASIO pocket-mini (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR
- The on/off switch is on the left side near the top. The socket for an adapter is on the right side near the base.
- At the top of the back is a compartment for two AA batteries. A sticker inside the battery compartment reads: 0773177. A mark at the base of the back reads: CASIO pocket-mini (/) BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5Vx2 (/) or use AC ADAPTOR AD-2S (/) 0.2W (/) P-810 MADE IN JAPAN (/) BM CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD.
- The device has a black plastic carrying pouch. A mark on it reads: MADE IN TAIWAN.
- A different form of the Pocket-Mini (the CP 801-C), which lacked a memory key, was advertised as new in the May 21, 1975, Chicago Tribune. The P-810 was among the Casio calculators with memory advertised from October 21, 1975. It sold for $19.95. By March 1977 the sale price was $14.95. The web site of Casio Corporation indicates that the calculator was introduced in 1974.
- References:
- Casio Corporation website.
- Chicago Tribune, May 21, 1975, p. 14.
- Chicago Tribune, October 21, 1975, p. B3.
- Los Angeles Times, October 21, 1975, p. B16.
- Chicago Tribune March 2, 1977, p. B8.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975-1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.186
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.186
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; display cover; keys; circuit board; pouch material)
- metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 4 in; 1.905 cm x 5.715 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- Japan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334600
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-6e8f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
