Sanyo ICC-811 Desktop Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1972-1973
name: label: maker
content: Sanyo Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Japanese firm of Sanyo Electric Works, established near Osaka in 1947, had a variety of early consumer electric products, ranging from bicycle generator lamps to transistor radios to color televisions to air conditioners to tape recorders. It sold portable electronic calculators from about 1970 into the 1980s. This early Sanyo “mini calculator” is in the general shape of a transistor radio. It has a plastic case, a metal and plastic handle, a metal keyboard, and seventeen round plastic keys. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear constant key, and a clear all key. To the left of the keys are a constant switch and an on/off switch. Above these is an eight-digit gas discharge display with an extra space for an overflow/negative number indicator.
label: Description
content: A cord that plugs into a wall outlet is attached to the top of the calculator. A hinged handle attaches to the sides and can turn down to serve as a stand when the calculator is placed on a table.The back of the calculator has four rubber feet. A tag at the center of the back reads: SANYO MODEL ICC-811 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) AC 120V, 50/60Hz. 4W (/) SERIAL NO. 77007050 T (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (/) MADE IN JAPAN.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, September 26, 1972, p. C6. A calculator very similar to this object, sold as the Sanyo 811D, was offered for $99.88. The advertisement indicates that the previous price was $159.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, March 22, 1973, p. E7. The ad announces that the Sanyo 811 eight-digit calculator sold for $98.88.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: 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: 1986.0988.010
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.010
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Desktop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; part of handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
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content: metal (part of handle; circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (feet; cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 9.525 cm x 20.955 cm