Sanyo CX-8137 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1977
name: label: maker
content: Sanyo Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: The light gray and gray plastic case of this handheld electronic calculator has a metal inset around the display. It has twenty-three rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear all (CA) key, a clear display (CK) key, a % key, a change sign key, and three memory keys. An on/off switch is on the keyboard right of the three top keys. Behind this is an eight-digit green fluorescent display. A tag behind this reads: SANYO (/) CX-8137. A jack for a power adapter is on the back edge.
label: Description
content: The back has a compartment for two AA batteries. Text molded in the case reads in part: SANYO CX-8137 (/) INPUT: DC 3V (TWO “AA” SIZE BATTERIES) (/) or DC 2.8 V (ADAPTOR CU-20) (/) POWER: DC 0.35W (/) SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. BM (/) MADE IN JAPAN / FABRIQUE AU JAPON. A sticker below this reads: NO. 04344841 T.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania</I>, April 4, 1977, p. 34. Sanyo CX-8137 on sale for $9.99.
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: 1986.0988.215
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.215
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; case; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm