Casio LC-785 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1981-1982
name: label: maker
content: Casio Computer Company
notes: label: Description
content: This credit card-sized, lightweight handheld electronic calculator has an aluminum case and brown plastic keys. In addition to an array of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, and a total key, it has a column of four arithmetic function keys immediately to the right of the digit keys, and a column with a percentage key and three memory keys on the far right. The square root, C (clear), and AC (all clear) keys are left of the digit keys. The on/off switch is next to the AC key.
label: Description
content: The eight-digit liquid crystal display is above and to the left of the keyboard. A mark below it reads: CASIO LC-785 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. A mark on the back reads: CASIO LC-785B (/) BM MADE IN JAPAN RATING: DC 3V 0.00025W (/) USE BATTERY 1.5Vx2.
label: Description
content: A screw on the left side of the back holds it to the front. Unscrewing it reveals the circuitry. A sticker on the inside of the back of the case reads: 1D202A.
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content: The calculator fits in a leather pouch which also has a booklet of instructions printed in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. A mark on the pouch reads: CASIO.
label: Description
content: Several advertisements for the LC-785 appeared in late 1981. None found specifically mentions the LC-785B. The Casio website lists the LC-785 as a product of Casio in 1982.
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content: References:
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content: <I>Washington Post</I>, October 23, 1981, p. B10. This gives a regular price of $13.95 and a sale price of $11.95.
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content: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 31, 1981, p. D3. This gives a regular price of $12.95.
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content: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, November 29, 1981, p. G26. This gives a regular price of $16.99 and a sale price of $10.99.
label: Description
content: Casio website http://www.casio-calculator.com/Museum/ByYear/1982.html .
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: 1986.0988.187
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case; circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; circuit board material)
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content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm