Object Details
- Sharp Corporation
- Description
- This solar-powered handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case and an array of twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a % key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a change sign key, a square root key, a clear entry key, and a clear key (the clear key is missing on this example). The top row of keys also includes four memory keys.
- Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display. Behind it is the solar panel. Text at the top of the front reads: SHARP (/) ELSI MATE EL-345 SOLAR CELL CALCULATOR. Text on the back of the calculator reads: EL-345 BM (/) SHARP CORPORATON MADE IN JAPAN (/) FABRIQUE AU JAPON (/) U.S. Pats. 3902169 & 3976994 (/) 3635.
- The calculator fits in a brown plastic wallet. A mark on the cover of the wallet reads: SHARP.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1983, p. Y10_X. Sharp EL-345 advertised as regularly priced at $9.95, on sale for $5.99.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, September 17, 1985, p. D13. Sharp EL-345 advertised as selling for $5.95.
- [Advertisement], The Montreal Gazette, April 6, 1986, p. 21. Advertised as regularly priced at $9.99, on sale for $7.99 (Canadian dollars).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1983-1986
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.137
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.137
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; wallet material)
- glass (display material)
- metal (screw materil)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 in x 4 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.08 cm x 10.795 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_334551
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3938-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
