Summit MR 8 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Summit International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and twenty rectangular plastic keys. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a % key, a clear key, and a clear entry key. The 9 key can also be used to assure that entries have a two decimal points in the digits (as in dollars and cents). The memory key may serve for storage or accumulation. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. The on/off switch is right of it. A power jack and light are on the back edge. A tag on the front reads: Summit.
label: Description
content: A tag on the back of the calculator gives operating instructions. It reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Serial No. MR 15708 Model MR 8 (/) Salt Lake City, Utah MANUFACTURED BY NCE NUCLEAR (/) made in U.S.A. A label attached at the top of the back reads in pen: FLASHING.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.072 and 1986.0988.072.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 21, 1973, p. D15. “New SUMMIT MR-8 Dual-memory rechargeable portable” advertised as selling for $199.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, December 26, 1973, p. C8. Summit MR-8 calculator on sale for $89.88, regular price $119.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
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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: 1986.0988.287
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.287
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
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 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 10.16 cm