Sharp EL-8005S Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: Sharp Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a blue and white plastic case with nineteen square keys with rounded corners. In addition to ten digit keys, it has a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a clear key and a clear entry key. The on/off switch is above the keyboard. Behind it is an eight-digit green fluorescent display. A tag behind this reads: SHARP ELSI MATE (/) EL-8005S. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge.
label: Description
content: The bottom of the back of the calculator has a compartment that holds four AA batteries. A sticker inside it reads: 58034347. Text further up on the back reads: SHARP MODEL EL-8005S (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. It also reads: SHARP CORPORATION. It also reads: MADE IN KOREA (/) BM.
label: Description
content: Compare the Sharp EL-8114 (1986.0988.096).
label: Description
content: According to Ball and Flamm, the only difference between the EL-8005 and the EL-8005S was in the color of the case.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, May 1, 1975, p. C14. The Sharp EL-8000 is advertised as selling for $19.95.
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett Printing, 1997, p.139.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Korea
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Handheld Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.095
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.095
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.6525 cm