Montgomery Ward P8F Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: Montgomery Ward and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan, black, and gray plastic case with seventeen plastic keys, fifteen of them square and two rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key it has four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, and a clear entry key. A mark behind the keyboard reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD electronic P8F. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A jack for a power adapter is on the back edge and a switch is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for four AA penlight batteries. A sticker on the compartment cover gives operating instructions. It is marked in part: Model No. TXI-8644A (/) Serial No. 37X-0007883 (/) DISTRIBUTED BY MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC. (/) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607. The back has four rubber feet.
label: Description
content: The "TXI" in the model number indicates that the calculator was made for Montgomery Ward by Texas Instruments.
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content: References:
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content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 101.
label: Description
content: Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.
label: Location
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
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: 1986.0988.143
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.143
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 (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm