Object Details
- Sanyo Electric Company
- Description
- The dark brown plastic case of this handheld electronic calculator has a metal inset around the display. The calculator has twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, a % key, a square root key, a change sign key, and three memory keys. The top row of keys also has the on and off keys. Behind this is an eight-digit LCD display. Text behind this reads: SANYO (/) CX 1231. There is no provision for a power adapter.
- The back has a compartment for two AA batteries. Text molded in the case reads in part: SANYO CX 1231 (/) INPUT: DC 3V (TWO “AA” SIZE BATTERIES) (/) POWER: DC 0.00012W (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. BM (/) MADE IN JAPAN / FABRIQUE AU JAPON. A sticker below this reads: No 0086865.
- Reference:
- [Advertisment], Los Angeles Times, October 31, 1980, p. N8. Calculator on sale for $7.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1980
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.180
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.180
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 3 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm
- 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_334594
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-1926-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
