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Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Unisonic
Description
This handheld electronic scientific calculator has a metal and plastic case and an array of thirty-five rectangular plastic keys. The ten digit keys and decimal point key are white. The keys for total, four arithmetic functions, three trigonometric functions, three inverse trigonometric functions, natural logarithms, exponents, clear, pi, square roots, inverses, and exchange are colored turquoise. The enter exponent, CHN, and four memory keys are orange. A mark behind the keyboard reads: Unisonic 796. The radian/degree and on/off switches are to the right of this. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit green vacuum fluorescent display. This display also could show a five-digit mantissa and two-digit exponent (with signs for both).
A power jack is on the top edge.
The back of the calculator has a sticker giving calculation examples. It reads in part: 796-A. It also reads in part: SERIAL NO. (/) 002305 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
Compare 1986.0988.115 (Unisonic 799).
Reference:
Unisonic 896 8 Digit Electronic Slide Rule Calculator Instruction Manual, available from wass.net. Accessed June 30, 2015. The manual is for the 796-B, but the diagrams appear very similar.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
ca 1975
ID Number
1986.0988.116
accession number
1986.0988
catalog number
1986.0988.116
Object Name
electronic calculator
Other Terms
electronic calculator; Handheld
Physical Description
metal (case; circuitry material)
plastic (case; keys; circuit board material)
glass (display material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm x 15.24 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_334530
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-385c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Unisonic 796 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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