Object Details
- Unisonic
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case with an array of twenty-five square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, two memory keys, a clear key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, and a percentage key. Above the keyboard are a decimal point switch (floating decimal point, two digits after the decimal point, or four digits after the decimal point) and a subtraction summation switch. A mark behind this reads: Unisonic 737 (/) SLIDE RULETTE. Behind this is a green vacuum fluorescent display. Another switch and a jack for a power supply are along the back edge. Text on the back reads: Unisonic 737 (/) RATING 6V-DC 0.5W (/) NO. 028723 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
- Compare MachVI Slide Rulette (1986.0988.254).
- Reference:
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, May 15, 1974, p. E7. Unisonic 737 “pocket memory calculator,” regularly priced at $69.96, on sale for $59.88.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1974
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.119
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.119
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys material)
- metal (case; circuitry material)
- glass (display material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.335 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_334533
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3453-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
