Object Details
- APF Electronics
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with metal keyboard and twenty-four rounded rectangular plastic keys. These include an array of ten white digit keys and five black keys for the four arithmetic operations and percentage. Decimal point, exchange, clear entry/clear, equals, four memory functions, and D (display) keys are red. A red LED display for eight digits and a decimal point is behind the keys and a battery compartment at the top. A mark above the display reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD P201. A power jack is along the back edge.
- A silver-colored paper tag on the back gives operating instructions. It reads at the top: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD. It also reads near there: P201 MEMORY CALCULATOR (/) OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. It reads near the bottom: DAN-8659A (/) Model No. It also reads there: 47X-47654 (/) Serial No. The bottom of this tag reads: Assembled in U.S.A.
- Compare the APF Mark 25 (1986.0988.165).
- The calculator was made for Montgomery Ward by APF Electronics.
- References:
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 102.
- Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.249
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.249
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; key cover material)
- metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
- plastic (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 3 in x 6 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 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_1305779
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-bad3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
