Object Details
- Sperry Rand Corporation
- Description
- This small desktop electronic calculator has an array of nine digit keys with a zero bar and a decimal point key below. A total key is on the left, and keys for the arithmetic functions and for cancellation are on the right. Behind the keyboard is a 10-digit vacuum fluorescent display.
- The bottom has a cavity that holds five batteries and a red ribbon (the calculator presently has no batteries). A jack for a cord is at the back, but the cord is lacking.
- A mark on the front of the machine reads: SPERRY REMINGTON 1005B. A mark on the bottom reads: SPERRY REMINGTON (/) TM (/) BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5Vx5 (/) or use AC ADAPTOR AD-4160 (/) 1W (/) MODEL 1005-B Made in Japan. A tag inside the lid for the battery case reads: 2101730.
- Compare Casio-101U. An advertisement for the Casio 101U appeared in New York State in 1975.
- References:
- Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, Calif.: Wilson/Barnett Publishing, 1997, pp. 147–148.
- For images of the Casio-101U, see the casio-calculator.com museum.
- [Advertisement], The Courier, Clinton, New York, April 16, 1975, p. 8.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.069
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.069
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case, keys material)
- glass (display material)
- metal (wiring material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 cm x 11.7 cm x 17.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 4 19/32 in x 7 in
- place made
- Japan: Japan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Desktop Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Business
- Record ID
- nmah_334483
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c876-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
