Sharp EL 208 Handheld Electronic Calculator
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a tan and orange plastic case, a metal keyboard, and nineteen rectangular plastic keys. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a memory key, and a clear entry/clear key. The on/off switch is at the left on the top row of keys. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display.
- At the top of the back of the calculator is a compartment for a nine-volt battery. Text below it reads: ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) EL-208. Further text reads: NO. 025. The number is on a paper sticker and is difficult to read. Further text reads: SHARP CORPORATION BM (/) MADE IN JAPAN (/) U.S. Pats. 3902169 & 3978994.
- The calculator has a dark brown plastic carrying case.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1980, p. B12. A Sharp EL-208 calculator is on sale for $6.99. The placement of the SHARP label is different in this image than on the example in the collections.
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, March 8, 1981, p. M6. Sharp EL-208 on sale for $6.99. The image in the advertisement is of the model of calculator in the collections.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1980-1981
- maker
- Sharp Corporation
- place made
- Japan
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys material)
- leather or leatherette (carrying case material)
- metal (keyboard; snap material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.795 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.314
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.314
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- Computers & Business Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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