Monte Carlo Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
notes: label: Description
content: Introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show held in Chicago in January of 1975, the Monte Carlo is an extremely compact handheld electronic calculator. The metal case has nineteen square black plastic keys and a plastic on/off switch. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key, there are clear, percentage, and clear entry/display keys.
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content: Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. A mark above the display reads: Monte Carlo.
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content: The case slides open from the base to reveal a battery compartment. In models sold, this compartment held a plastic case with five batteries like those used in contemporary hearing aids. It could be removed and plugged into the wall for recharging.
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content: References:
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content: Anne Douglas, “Current Trend is Pocket Size,” <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, January 12, 1975, p. A9.
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content: The Vintage Calculator website describes the Monte Carlo and several related calculators. It shows a November, 1975, advertisement (source not specified) giving the full price as $29.95. An example shown in an image has a sticker on the back marked: Made in Hong Kong.
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content: Currently not on view
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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
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content: Gift of John B. Priser
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.334
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.334
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case; circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm