Object Details
- Sanyo Electric Company
- Description
- The case of this handheld electronic calculator has a metal front and a plastic back. It has twenty-two indented plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, a square root key, a % key, a change sign key, and two memory keys. An on/off switch is on the keyboard right of the two top keys. Behind this is an eight-digit green fluorescent display. A tag behind this reads: SANYO. A jack for a power adapter is on the back edge.
- The back has a compartment for two AA batteries. Text molded in the case reads in part: SANYO CX-8132 OPERATION EXAMPLES. It also reads in part: INPUT: DC 3V (Two AA size batteries) (/) or DC 2.8 V (AC adaptor CU-20) (/) POWER: 0.3W (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD. BM. A sticker below this reads: NO. 04900856 T (/) DAN MILLS. Text molded in the case below reads: MADE IN JAPAN.
- References:
- No advertisements found. The website calculator.org dates this calculator to 1975. The website epocalc.net dates the calculator to 1978.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.179
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.179
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- aluminum (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 7.9375 cm x 13.97 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_334593
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3714-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
