Sharp EL-206 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1978-1979
name: label: maker
content: Sharp Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This battery-operated handheld electronic calculator has a black and white plastic case and an array of twenty rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a % key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear/clear entry key, a memory key (for the total), a square root key, and a total key. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit yellow LCD display. The on/off switch is behind the display on the right. A tag left of this reads: SHARP ELSI MATE (/) EL- 206.
label: Description
content: At the top of the back is a compartment for a nine volt battery. A sticker inside it reads: 83283314. Text below the compartment reads: ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) EL-206. Further text reads: SHARP CORPORATION (/) MADE IN JAPAN BM. Two U.S. patents listed as protecting the device have numbers 3902169 and 3976994. The second patent relates to liquid crystal displays. It was issued in 1977 and assigned to Sharp.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.088.315 (the EL-104). That calculator has an LED display and no memory.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, September 13, 1978, p. 10Y. The calculator is advertised as regularly priced at $9.95 and on sale for $6.97.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, November 9, 1978, p. R4. Calculator is on sale for $7.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, August 22, 1979, p. C3. Calculator is selling for $9.77.
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: 1986.0988.133
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.133
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 11.43 cm