Toshiba LC-833wa Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: maker
content: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator also serves as an alarm clock. It has an aluminum case with plastic trim and an array of twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, four memory keys, a square root key, a percentage key, a change sign key, a clear key, and a clear entry key. Above the keys are an on/off switch and a switch for setting the alarm. Behind this are six buttons that relate to setting the time. Behind this is an eight-digit liquid crystal display. Below the keys a mark reads: LIQUID CRYSTAL CALCULATOR LC-833WA (/) TOSHIBA.
label: Description
content: A sticker on the back of the calculator reads: TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) LC-833WA (/) SILVER OXIDE BATTERY. It also reads: NO. D 57903 BM (/)TOKYO SHIBAURA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. JAPAN.
label: Description
content: The calculator has a brown plastic case with a window that reveals the display. A mark on the case reads: TOSHIBA.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: According to the www.calcuseum.com website, accessed December 3, 2014, this calculator was in production in 1978. According to the www.datamath.org website, accessed December 3, 2014, this calculator was introduced in 1978.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, November 24, 1979, p. D5. This ad shows the LC-840WA, which appears to be a slightly later model.
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: 1986.0988.125
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (trim; keys; carrying pouch; buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (cisplay material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.335 cm