Caltronic 606 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1973
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with aluminum trim. The square plastic keys are indented at the middle (going from top to bottom). In addition to an array of ten digit keys and a back arrow key, the calculator has keys for four arithmetic functions, a red cancel key, an on/off switch, and another switch. The back arrow key allows one to see digits not visible on the six-digit red LED display.
label: Description
content: A mark behind the display reads: caltronic 606. A socket for an adaptor is on the top edge. This example has no adapter.
label: Description
content: The battery compartment at the top of the back would hold two batteries. This example presently has no batteries. A tag on the back gives an “Abbreviated Operation Guide” for the calculator. It includes a mark at the bottom: Made in Hong Kong. Another tag reads: 231314 (/) INSPECTED.
label: Description
content: Unscrewing two screws allows one to open the back cover. A chip on the inside is marked: CT (/) CT5002 (/) 7322. This is a chip made by the California firm of Cal-Tex Semiconductor, Inc., presumably in 1973.
label: Description
content: The shape of the keys and general appearance of the calculator resembles the Calfax 820CD, although they are by no means identical. Compare 1986.0988.21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
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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: 1986.0988.328
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.328
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (trim; circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (stickers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 8.255 cm x 16.51 cm