This small, desktop electronic calculator has ten digit buttons and a decimal point button on the left front, five function buttons (for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, total and canceling) on the right front, and an on/off switch.
- Description
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This small, desktop electronic calculator has ten digit buttons and a decimal point button on the left front, five function buttons (for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, total and canceling) on the right front, and an on/off switch. Instructions for doing basic operations are on the back of the calculator.
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The instrument fits in a cardboard box and has a paper instruction leaflet dated November 72. The instructions are given in English and French.
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The calculator has an eight-digit liquid crystal display. The chips in it were made by Rockwell . According to a mark on the object, the calculator was: ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO PRIMARILY OF (/) UNITED STATES PARTS. The serial number of this example is 129495 and it was sold by Lloyd's Electronics, Inc. of Compton, California (near Los Angeles).
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The electronic calculator was owned by the late David H. Shayt, a curator at NMAH.
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Compare object 2011.0186.01, an Accumatic 100. The 100 has a case and, a cover for the LCD screen, and, according to the illustration on the box, was supposed to have a power adapter.
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References:
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Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, Calif.: Wilson/Barnett Publishing, 1997, pp. 88–92 describes the related Accumatic 100.
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[Advertisement], , July 2, 1972, p. 25. Introduces an eight-digit protable electronic calculator sold by Lloyd's, costing $99.95. This resembles this object, though no model number is given.
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[Advertisement], New York Times, December 17, 1972, p. F3. Describes a Lloyd's desktop calculator very similar to this one, manufactured by North American Rockwell. Sale price $69.88.
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[Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, August 31, 1973, p. B6. Lloyd's Accumatic 70 on sale for $69.97.
- Location
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Currently not on view
- date made
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ca 1972
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ca 1973
- maker
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Lloyd's Electronics
- ID Number
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1990.0462.01
- catalog number
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1990.0462.01
- accession number
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1990.0462