Object Details
- Montgomery Ward and Company
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a tan, black, and gray plastic case with seventeen plastic keys, fifteen of them square and two rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key it has four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, and a clear entry key. A mark behind the keyboard reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD electronic P8F. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A jack for a power adapter is on the back edge and a switch is on the left side.
- The back of the calculator has a compartment for four AA penlight batteries. A sticker on the compartment cover gives operating instructions. It is marked in part: Model No. TXI-8644A (/) Serial No. 37X-0007883 (/) DISTRIBUTED BY MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC. (/) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607. The back has four rubber feet.
- The "TXI" in the model number indicates that the calculator was made for Montgomery Ward by Texas Instruments.
- References:
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 101.
- Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1974
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.143
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.143
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334557
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-36c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
