Casio Memory-8R Handheld Electronic Calculator - Model Y-811
Casio Memory-8R Handheld Electronic Calculator - Model Y-811
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- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator represents a further improvement on Casio's early handheld calculators. As on the Casio Mini, the display is to the left of the keyboard. The keyboard has an array of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, and four keys for arithmetic functions that are to the right of the digit keys. Left of the digit keys is a column with a memory key, a percentage key, a C (clear entry) key, and an AC (all clear) key.
- The on/off switch is below the eight-digit fluorescent display. A mark below this switch reads: CASIO memory-8R. A socket for a power adapter is at the top.
- A mark on the back of the calculator reads: CASIO memory-8R (/) BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5Vx2 (/) or use AC ADAPTOR AD-2S (/) 0.2W (/) Y-811 MADE IN JAPAN (/) BM CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. A compartment that holds two batteries is above this. A sticker inside the compartment reads: 4504646.
- This example has a black plastic sleeve that served as a carrying case. A mark on it reads: MADE IN JAPAN. A mark on the other side reads: CASIO.
- An October 1975 advertisement for several Casio calculators with memory asked: “When you’ve got a Casio Memory, who needs an elephant?" It indicated that the suggested retail price of this model was then $14.85. Further advertisements appeared in 1976.
- References:
- Chicago Tribune, October 21, 1975, p. B3.
- Chicago Tribune January 8, 1976, p. C6.
- Los Angeles Times, July 30, 1976, p. E8.
- Vintage Technology website.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- date made
- 1975-1976
- maker
- Casio Computer Company
- place made
- Japan
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; display cover; carrying case; keys material)
- metal (trim; circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.985 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.211
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.211
- 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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Comments
I have had a CASIO memory-8R for over 40 years. On all my fingers and toes I cannot count the number of calculators (battery and AC powered), cell phones and laptops that I have burned through, yet the 8R keeps on keepin' on. I use it every day, bulletproof technology from a time when quality was important. Today? Well, it's all about gaming, apps, social media, WI-FI hot spots, Snapchat, Twitter and the like.
The downside of this calculator and all others is that there is a generation out there that can't work a basic math problem with a pencil and paper.
mike plocher
Thu, 2018-09-13 08:01
Deborah Reilly
Thu, 2021-07-29 15:05