Object Details
- distributor
- Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a white case with black trim and metal keyboard, and an array of twenty-three oval plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys and one decimal point key, the calculator has four keys for arithmetic functions and a total key. In addition there are four memory keys, a percentage key, an exchange key, and a clear key. The on/off switch is at the right on the top row of keys. Text above the keyboard reads: commodore.
- The ten-digit red LED display is behind the keyboard. A cord for recharging the battery attaches at the back of the top. (This example has no cord.) The back of the case has no tag.
- Unscrewing four screws in the back of the device allows one to open the case. A mark on the chip reads: LC1552B (/) 7411. This chip is associated with Western Digital.
- Compare 1986.0988.100 and 1986.0988.128.
- Reference:
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 58.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1974
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.208
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.208
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
- glass (tube material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305731
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f234-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
