Canon Palmtronic LD-8S Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1977
name: label: maker
content: Canon, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This slim handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with silver-colored brushed metal on the front and is black in back. It has an array of ten digit keys with a decimal point key and a percentage key. To the left of these keys are four keys for arithmetic functions and a total key. Above them are a square root key, a clear key, and a clear indicator (clear entry) key.
label: Description
content: Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit fluorescent display. A mark behind it reads: Canon (/) Palmtronic 8s. The on/off switch is in the upper left corner and the socket for an adapter is along the top edge.
label: Description
content: The back has a compartment for two batteries. A sticker at the base of this reads: 549667. Another sticker below the compartment on the back of the calculator reads in part: Canon (/) Palmtronic LD-8s (/) BM D.C. 3V = 0.2W (/) CANON INC. It then describes three possible power supplies. These are two penlight batteries, a Canon NiCd battery pack-4, or a Canon AC Adapter AD-2.
label: Description
content: The calculator fits in a black plastic folder marked: Canon (/) Palmtronic. This holds an instruction leaflet written in English, German, French, and Spanish. A warranty with numeric code 0676B150 fits with the sleeve in a cardboard box. A mark on the box reads: Canon (/) Palmtronic LD-8s. A mark on the back of it reads: CANON INC. (/) JAPAN/JAPON.
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: 1986.0988.030
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.030
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; sleeve; display window material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instructions; sticker; box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 4 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.3825 cm