Object Details
- Eiko Business Machine Company
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has an off-white plastic case and an array of nineteen rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a percentage key, a clear entry key, and a clear key. Above the keyboard on the right is the on/off switch. A mark next to it reads: UNITREX (/) mini 8.
- Behind these is an eight-digit red LED display. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge.
- The back has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A mark on the back of the cover of this compartment reads: A57K11831. Text impressed into the calculator at the base of the back reads: UNITREX mini 8 (/) EIKO BUSINESS MACHINE CO. LTD. (/) DC 9V 0.5W (/) MADE IN JAPAN.
- The case is very similar to the Unitrex Mini Handy 80R (1986.0988.018).
- References:
- [Advertisement], Atlanta Constitution, December 19, 1974, p. 27A. Unitrex Mini 8 selling for $19.95.
- [Advertisement], Boston Globe , August 7, 1975, p. 28. Unitrex Mini 8 selling for $15.95, regularly $19.95.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, August 25, 1977, p. D6. Unitrex Mini 8 offered in clearance sale for $4.99. Sold previous year for $7.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1974-1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.017
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.017
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.35 cm x 13.0175 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_334431
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-35c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
