Object Details
- Montgomery Ward
- APF Electronics
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with a metal keyboard and an array of twenty-seven rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total/constant key, four arithmetic function keys, four memory keys, a memory exchange key, an inverse key, a square key, a square root key, a percentage key, an exchange key, and a clear entry/clear key. The on/off switch is in the top row of keys. To the left of these a mark reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD (/) P203. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. A jack for a power adapter is on the right side.
- The back of the calculator has a compartment at the top for a nine-volt battery. A sticker below the battery compartment reads: WARDS P-203. Further text reads: MODEL NO. DAN-8751 (/) SERIAL NO. 67X 004855 (/) Distributed By (/) Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. (/) Chicago, Illinois 60671 (/) 7545 MADE IN JAPAN.
- The DAN in the model number indicates that the calculator was made for Montgomery Ward by APF Electronics. Compare the APF Mark 31 (1986.0988.168).
- The zippered leather case has a loop at the back so the case could be carried on a belt. A tag inside the case reads: Made in (/) U.S.A. (/) #50.
- Reference:
- Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1976
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.083
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.083
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover; carrying case material)
- metal (keyboard; circuitry; zipper material)
- Measurements
- calculator only: 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.3025 cm x 13.6525 cm
- overall: 3.7 cm x 8 cm x 21.6 cm; 1 15/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 8 1/2 in
- 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_334497
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3564-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
