This handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case with an array of twenty rectangular plastic keys with rounded corners. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a percentage key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, a D key, and a DC key. Above the keys to the left is an on/off switch. Text behind this reads: Auto Constant. Behind this is an eight-digit green vacuum fluorescent display. Text above this reads: TEAL 806. A jack for a power adapter is along the front edge of the calculator.
The back of the calculator has a compartment for two AA batteries. Below this is a sticker that reads in part: TEAL 806 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. It also reads in part: NO 209340 (/) TEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. TORRANCE CALIF, 90502 (/) MADE IN JAPAN.
TEAL calculators were made in Japan by Tokyo Electronic Application Laboratory Ltd.
References:
[Advertisement], Holland [Michigan] Evening Sentinel, March 8, 1976, p. 17. Teal 806 calculator advertised as on sale for somewhat over $12.
The calculator.org website (accessed December 1, 2014) says that the Teal 806 was introduced in 1975.
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