Object Details
- Lloyd's Electronics
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case, twenty roughly rectangular plastic buttons, and a plastic display cover. In addition to ten digit keys, a clear key, a decimal point key, two memory keys, and four arithmetic function keys, it has (although the labels are missing on this example) a percentage key and a total key. The on/off switch is behind the keys. Next to it a label reads: LLOYD’S (/) ACCUMATIC 40. Behind this is an eight-digit LCD display, with a window behind this to admit light. An owner's mark above the display reads: $5.00.
- At the base of the back is a battery compartment that would hold two batteries. A worn sticker above it reads: LLOYD’S ELECTRONICS, INC. (/) COMPTON, CALIF., U.S.A. (/) MODEL E805 CALCULATOR (/) SE. . . NO. 103220 (/) Assembled in MEXICO (/) Primarily UNITED STATES parts.
- For further information about Lloyd’s Electronics, Inc., see 1986.0988.218.
- Reference:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1974, p. 9. Calculator introduced for $59.95. Now selling for $29.99. Offered in Business Week and, under a different name, in The Wall Street Journal and in Forbes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1974
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.123
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.123
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; display cover; keys material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 6 in; 3.81 cm x 8.255 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334537
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3886-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
