Object Details
- Commodore Japan Limited
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has an array of twenty-three oval plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, an exchange key, four memory keys, and a percentage key. The on/off switch is to the right of the top keys. Text below the keyboard reads: commodore. Text above the eight-digit green fluorescent display reads: CUSTOM (/) GREEN LINE. An outlet for a power adapter is on the right side of the calculator.
- Text on the back cover reads in part: Solid State Portable (/) Electronic Calculator (/) VOLTAGE (/) 4.5 V AC OPERATION (/) Use Commodore (/) adapter DC-420B (/) MODEL (/) GL-997R SERIAL NO. (/) 73954. It also reads: commodore japan limited (/) Made in Japan 200504-02. The case pops open (the screws at the bottom of the back are missing) and holds two AA batteries. The keyboard lifts up to reveal the circuitry, which includes a Commodore chip marked: GRBP-89 (/) 7518. This date code is the basis for the 1975 date of manufacture.
- Compare 1986.0988.209
- Reference:
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 57.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.127
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.127
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display window material)
- glass (tube material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.97 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_334541
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3912-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
