Sharp EL-218 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1981
name: label: maker
content: Sharp Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This battery-operated handheld electronic calculator has a white plastic case with twenty-three rectangular gray plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, a clear entry key, three memory keys, a square root key, and a % key. The on/off switch is to the left on the top row of the keyboard. Behind the keys is an eight-digit LCD display. A tag behind this reads: SHARP (/) ELSI-MATE EL-218.
label: Description
content: Pushing along the top edge allows one to open the case, revealing a place for a nine-volt battery. A chip beneath the place for the battery reads: LI2071A (/) SHARP IC2 025. A mark on the back of the case reads in part: ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) EL-218. Further text reads: NO 1V416574 (/) SHARP CORPORATION (/) MADE IN JAPAN BM.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <Los Angeles Times</I>, September 30, 1981, p. K1. Sharp EL-218 selling for $6.00.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.134
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.134
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 (interior plate; circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 5 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.0325 cm x 12.7 cm