Casio fx-7500G Handheld Electronic Calculator with Manual
date: label: date made
content: ca 1989
name: label: maker
content: Casio Computer Company
notes: label: Description
content: This folding handheld electronic calculator is part of Casio’s family of graphing calculators. It operates in a total of six possible modes, ranging from simple arithmetic computations to alphabetic program entry to a variety of mathematical and statistical functions. The flat plastic keypad includes digit keys in the center of the base, arithmetic function keys to the right of the digit keys, and mode keys to the left. On the top right are a variety of function keys. The display is left of these. A mark above the display reads: CASIO GRAPHICS. A mark below the keypad on the base reads: SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR fx-7500G. A mark on the lid of the case reads: CASIO fx-7500G. A mark on the base reads: MADE IN JAPAN (/) FABRIQUE AU JAPON. Changing the batteries requires removing the base.
label: Description
content: According to a 1989 advertisement in <I>Science</I> magazine, the fx-7500 then sold for $109.95, compared to $89.95 for the fx-7000G. The former had a larger memory capacity, with 195 functions, 4,006 memory steps, and instant graph enlargement or reduction.
label: Description
content: The <I>fx-7500G OWNER’S MANUAL</I> published by Casio accompanies this object. It is not dated.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: “Graphic proof of high-tech leadership [advertisement],” <I>Science</I>, new series 245, #4924, September 22, 1989, p.1334.
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 Jean Berko Gleason
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0063.02
label: accession number
content: 2012.0063
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0063.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator with manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display cover material)
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content: paper (manual material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 15 cm x 21 cm; 31/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 8 9/32 in
label: Measurements
content: calculator: 1.5 cm x 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 19/32 in x 4 29/32 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: manual: 1 cm x 15 cm x 21 cm; 13/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 8 9/32 in