Summit K-16 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Summit International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This relatively early American handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and an array of eighteen indented plastic keys (the Texas Instruments Klixon type), most of them square. The zero key and the decimal point key are rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key and four arithmetic function keys, the calculator has a display key, a clear entry key and a clear key. Text left of the top three keys reads: si. Behind the keys is an eight-digit red LED display. Next to the display are an on/off switch and a constant switch.
label: Description
content: A label on the front edge reads: Summit. A jack for a power adapter is on the back side.
label: Description
content: An owner’s mark at the top of the back reads: 370-40-7975 (/) P49728. Scratched along the bottom of the back is the mark: SHARON SIGMUND. A sticker on the back gives operating instructions. It reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Serial No. 80056 Model K-16 (/) Salt Lake City, Utah (/) MANUFACTURED BY NCE NUCLEAR (/) made in U.S.A.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, February 1, 1973, p. E2. Summit K-16 “mini calculator” advertised as regularly priced at $99.97, on sale for $89.97. Reportedly designed for the home office.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 21, 1973, p. D15. “New SUMMIT K-16 rechargeable portable” advertised as selling for $69.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
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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: 1986.0988.071
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.071
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: Physical Description
content: paper (stickers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm