Casio Hl-809 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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Object Details
- Casio Computer Company
- Description
- The case of this handheld electronic calculator is a cream-colored plastic on top and a black plastic on the bottom. The keyboard has an array of square brown plastic keys, including ten digit keys, a decimal point key, and a total key. Four keys for arithmetic functions are to the right of the digit keys. A column to the left has a memory key, a percentage key, a C (clear entry) key, and an AC (all clear) key.
- The eight-digit yellow liquid crystal display is behind the keyboard. A tag behind it reads: CASIO HL-809 (/) ELECTRONIC (/) CALCULATOR. A switch is on the left side. The device has no power adapter or socket for one. The calculator was advertised as having the power go off automatically.
- Text on the back of the case reads: CASIO HL-809 (/) RATING: DC 3V=0.00029W (/) use BATTERY 1.5Vx2 (/) MADE IN JAPAN (/) BM CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Two screws hold together the front and back of the case. Unscrewing them allows one to change the two AA batteries. (This example has no batteries.) A sticker on the inside of the back of the case reads: 1D307A. A mark on the NEC chip reads: NEC K11159 (/) D187IC.
- An advertisement for a Casio HL-809 published in the Los Angeles Times March 18, 1982, gave a regular price of $8.95 and a sale price of $6.99. Another advertisement from the Washington Post in December of 1982 gave a sale price of $4.44. A March 1983 advertisement in the New York Times gives a clearance sale price of $4.99. As late as April of 1984 this model was advertised as regularly priced at $7.99 and on sale for $4.99.
- Compare 1986.0988.027.
- References:
- Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1982, p. C6.
- New York Times, March 17, 1983, p. A18.
- Washington Post, December 3, 1982, p.B12.
- Washington Post, April 5, 1984, p. A3.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1982-1984
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.028
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.028
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover; circuit board material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 6.985 cm x 11.43 cm
- place made
- Japan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334442
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-35f8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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