Sharp Model OZ-7200 Electronic Organizer
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: maker
content: Sharp Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: As early as 1977 Sharp Corporation had combined the functions of a handheld electronic calculator, a clock telling time worldwide, and a stop watch. In the late 1980s, it began to sell more elaborate “electronic organizers.” This example had a built-in calendar, schedule, listing for telephone numbers, memo pad, world clock, local clock, and calculator. It also was possible to purchase additional “IC cards” which expanded the memory, offered language translation, and provided a dictionary and thesaurus. The device also could be linked to a printer or a microcomputer.
label: Description
content: The organizer has a black plastic case that opens to reveal a keyboard on the right and a display with a space for additional cards on the left. A mark at the center of the left side reads: SHARP OZ-7200 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR WIZARD. A mark above the display reads: 64KB. A mark on the bottom reads: OZ-7200 SHARP CORPORATION (/) MADE IN JAPAN (/) Lic. U.S. Pat. 4117542. This patent, filed by Judah Klausner and Robert Hotto, both of New York, New York, was granted in 1978. The serial number of this calculator is: 9703190X.
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content: Inside the cardboard box holding the calculator is also an operation manual. It has a copyright date of 1989.
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content: This example was purchased by the <I>Information Age</I> exhibition at the National Museum of American History in April 1990. It was not used. This product was a successor to the Sharp PA-7000 organizer, first sold in 1987.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>New York Times</I>, May 2, 1990, p. A2. Sharp OZ-7200 selling for $279.98.
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content: [Advertisement}, <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, July 10, 1991, p. D19. Sharp OZ-7200 on sale for $159.00.
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content: Kathryn B. Hiesinger and Felice Fischer, <I>Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950</I>, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1994, p. 176.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0081.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0081.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic organizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys material)
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content: glass (display material)
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content: metal (circuitry material)
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content: paper (manual material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 3.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 22 cm; 1 3/8 in x 5 31/32 in x 8 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: organizer, closed: 2 cm x 9.2 cm x 16.3 cm; 25/32 in x 3 5/8 in x 6 13/32 in