Sperry-Remington 807B Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1972-1974
name: label: maker
content: Casio Computer Company
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has an off-white and black plastic case and eighteen rounded rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, and an all clear key. To the left of the top two keys is a switch for setting a constant. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display. The on/off switch is on the left side and a power jack is along the back edge. A mark above the display reads: SPERRY REMINGTON.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for four AA batteries at the base. A sticker on the inside of the lid of the compartment reads: 163995. A metal plaque on the back of the calculator reads: SPERRY REMINGTON (/) MOD. 807B (/) BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5Vx4 (/) OR USE AC ADAPTOR AD-4145 (/) 1.1 W MADE IN JAPAN.
label: Description
content: This calculator was manufactured by Casio Corporation. Compare to the Casio 8E.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: The mycalcdb.free.fr database indicates that this was the same as the Casio 8E.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, September 19, 1974, p. N13. Remington 807-B Mini Calculator sold for $19.88 if purchased with another item in a warehouse sale. Manufacturer’s list price $109.95.
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 147. Gives date of ca. 1972.
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: 1986.0988.068
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.068
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; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm