Montgomery Ward P203 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
name: label: maker
content: Montgomery Ward
label: maker
content: APF Electronics
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with a metal keyboard and an array of twenty-seven rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total/constant key, four arithmetic function keys, four memory keys, a memory exchange key, an inverse key, a square key, a square root key, a percentage key, an exchange key, and a clear entry/clear key. The on/off switch is in the top row of keys. To the left of these a mark reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD (/) P203. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. A jack for a power adapter is on the right side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment at the top for a nine-volt battery. A sticker below the battery compartment reads: WARDS P-203. Further text reads: MODEL NO. DAN-8751 (/) SERIAL NO. 67X 004855 (/) Distributed By (/) Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. (/) Chicago, Illinois 60671 (/) 7545 MADE IN JAPAN.
label: Description
content: The DAN in the model number indicates that the calculator was made for Montgomery Ward by APF Electronics. Compare the APF Mark 31 (1986.0988.168).
label: Description
content: The zippered leather case has a loop at the back so the case could be carried on a belt. A tag inside the case reads: Made in (/) U.S.A. (/) #50.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.
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: 1986.0988.083
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.083
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; carrying case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (keyboard; circuitry; zipper material)
label: Measurements
content: calculator only: 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.3025 cm x 13.6525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.7 cm x 8 cm x 21.6 cm; 1 15/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 8 1/2 in