Sperry-Remington 1005-B Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: Sperry Rand Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This small desktop electronic calculator has an array of nine digit keys with a zero bar and a decimal point key below. A total key is on the left, and keys for the arithmetic functions and for cancellation are on the right. Behind the keyboard is a 10-digit vacuum fluorescent display.
label: Description
content: The bottom has a cavity that holds five batteries and a red ribbon (the calculator presently has no batteries). A jack for a cord is at the back, but the cord is lacking.
label: Description
content: A mark on the front of the machine reads: SPERRY REMINGTON 1005B. A mark on the bottom reads: SPERRY REMINGTON (/) TM (/) BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5Vx5 (/) or use AC ADAPTOR AD-4160 (/) 1W (/) MODEL 1005-B Made in Japan. A tag inside the lid for the battery case reads: 2101730.
label: Description
content: Compare Casio-101U. An advertisement for the Casio 101U appeared in New York State in 1975.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, Calif.: Wilson/Barnett Publishing, 1997, pp. 147–148.
label: Description
content: For images of the Casio-101U, see the casio-calculator.com museum.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <i>The Courier</I>, Clinton, New York, April 16, 1975, p. 8.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Desktop 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: 1986.0988.069
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.069
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 material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (wiring material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 11.7 cm x 17.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 4 19/32 in x 7 in