Commodore 796M Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
name: label: distributor
content: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This inexpensive handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case. It has an array of nineteen oval plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys, four arithmetic functions keys, a decimal point key, a total key, and a clear/clear entry key, the device has a memory key and a percentage key. The on/off switch is left of the memory key and the outlet for a power adapter is on the left side. A mark behind the keyboard reads: commodore. Behind this is the red eight-digit light-emitting diode display.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. The cover is missing. A sticker below this reads:
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content: Solid State Portable (/) Electronic Calculator (/) AC OPERATION Use Commodore (/) adapter no. DC-620R or 505 or 506 or 507 (/) BATTERY 9V Type 006P SERIAL NO. (/) 647752 (/) MODEL 796M. Further text reads: commodore (/) Made in England Pt No 200958-3.
label: Description
content: According to Devidts, this calculator came in beige, black, and blue. For the beige version, see 1986.0988.061.
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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. 56. They give a date of 1973.
label: Description
content: Serge Devidts, BE CALC Vintage Electronic Calculators website.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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: 1986.0988.210
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.210
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
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content: metal (circuitry material)
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content: glass (tube material)
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content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 5.715 cm x 13.335 cm