Object Details
- Sharp Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a blue and white plastic case with nineteen square keys with rounded corners. In addition to ten digit keys, it has a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a clear key and a clear entry key. The on/off switch is above the keyboard. Behind it is an eight-digit green fluorescent display. A tag behind this reads: SHARP ELSI MATE (/) EL-8005S. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge.
- The bottom of the back of the calculator has a compartment that holds four AA batteries. A sticker inside it reads: 58034347. Text further up on the back reads: SHARP MODEL EL-8005S (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. It also reads: SHARP CORPORATION. It also reads: MADE IN KOREA (/) BM.
- Compare the Sharp EL-8114 (1986.0988.096).
- According to Ball and Flamm, the only difference between the EL-8005 and the EL-8005S was in the color of the case.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, May 1, 1975, p. C14. The Sharp EL-8000 is advertised as selling for $19.95.
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett Printing, 1997, p.139.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.095
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.095
- 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 (tag material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.6525 cm
- place made
- Korea
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334509
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3b5a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
