Canon Palmtronic 8-T Handheld Electronic Calculator

Description:

This handheld electronic calculator has a brown plastic case with cream-colored ends. It has a bank of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, an SC key, a clear key, a clear indicator (clear entry) key, four function keys, two memory keys, and a total key. Oval buttons are labeled hour, minute, and second. Above the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. An AUTO switch and an on/off switch are left of the display. Text above the display reads: SEXAGESIMAL CALCULATOR (/) Canon 8-T.

Text on the back of the case reads: Canon (/) PALMTRONIC 8-T (/) BM. Further text reads: CANON INC. Further text reads: JAPAN.

A socket for an adapter is on the top edge. (This example has no adapter.) A compartment on the back would hold two AA batteries. A sticker on the back of the compartment cover reads: 499563.

The calculator fits in a black plastic sleeve marked: Canon. Both the sleeve and the calculator fit in a black paper box. A sticker on the box reads: $14.99.

An advertisement in the Los Angeles Times describes the Canon Palmtronic 8-T, with AC adapter, as selling for $34.99.

Reference:

Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1976, p. B6.

Date Made: ca 1976

Maker: Canon, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Japan

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Computers, Computers & Business Machines, Handheld Electronic Calculators

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of John B. Priser

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.0435.22Accession Number: 1987.0435Catalog Number: 1987.0435.22

Object Name: electronic calculator

Physical Description: plastic (case; display window; sleeve material)metal (circuitry material)paper (sticker; box material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9851-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_214346

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