Bowmar 90911 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1974-1975
name: label: maker
content: Bowmar/Ali
notes: label: Description
content: This four-function handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and black keys. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key, it has clear, total, clear entry, and four arithmetic function keys. The on/off switch is to the right on the top row of keys. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display. A black plastic cover fits over the keyboard and display. A mark behind the display reads: Bowmar. A plug for the power supply is on the right.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for three AA batteries at the top. A sticker at the bottom reads: MODEL 90911 SERIAL (/) NUMBER 178970 (/) Bowmar/ ALI Inc. Acton, Mass. 01720 U.S.A. (/) Assembled in MEXICO Patent Pending.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.207, which has somewhat more functions but a similar design. For references on Bowmar, see 1986.0988.106.
label: Description
content: Bowmar introduced a calculator in 1971, and had successful sales in 1972 and 1973. Assembly began in Mexico in mid-1974. The company went bankrupt in February of 1975 and stopped building calculators in the middle of that year. By 1976 distribution of Bowmar calculators had been taken over by Continental Microsystems.
label: Description
content: No advertisements for this particular model have been found.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
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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: 1986.0988.206
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.206
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; display; cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 14.605 cm