Unisonic 1212 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: Unisonic
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case with an array of nineteen square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, an exchange key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, and a clear entry key. It does not include such common slide rule functions as square roots or trigonometric functions.
label: Description
content: A mark behind the keyboard reads: Unisonic 1212 (/) SLIDE RULETTE. Behind this is a green vacuum fluorescent display. A switch and a jack for a power supply are along the back edge. Text on the back reads: Unisonic 1212 (/) RATING 6V-DC 0.6W (/) NO. 046435 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. The digits of the serial number are very difficult to read. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.119.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, May 15, 1974, p. E7. Unisonic 1212 “mini pocket calculator,” regularly priced at $43.96, on sale for $37.88.
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: 1986.0988.293
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.293
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; circuit board material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case; circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.335 cm