Summit K-16 Handheld Electronic Calculator

Object Details

Summit International Corporation

Description

This relatively early American handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and an array of eighteen indented plastic keys (the Texas Instruments Klixon type), most of them square. The zero key and the decimal point key are rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key and four arithmetic function keys, the calculator has a display key, a clear entry key and a clear key. Text left of the top three keys reads: si. Behind the keys is an eight-digit red LED display. Next to the display are an on/off switch and a constant switch.

A label on the front edge reads: Summit. A jack for a power adapter is on the back side.

An owner’s mark at the top of the back reads: 370-40-7975 (/) P49728. Scratched along the bottom of the back is the mark: SHARON SIGMUND. A sticker on the back gives operating instructions. It reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Serial No. 80056 Model K-16 (/) Salt Lake City, Utah (/) MANUFACTURED BY NCE NUCLEAR (/) made in U.S.A.

References:

[Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, February 1, 1973, p. E2. Summit K-16 “mini calculator” advertised as regularly priced at $99.97, on sale for $89.97. Reportedly designed for the home office.

[Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, October 21, 1973, p. D15. “New SUMMIT K-16 rechargeable portable” advertised as selling for $69.95.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of John B. Priser

1973

ID Number

1986.0988.071

catalog number

1986.0988.071

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 (stickers material)

Measurements

overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm

place made

United States: Utah, Salt Lake City

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Medicine and Science: Computers

Computers & Business Machines

Handheld Electronic Calculators

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_334485

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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