Commodore Minuteman 6 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1974-1975
name: label: maker
content: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This small four-function calculator is wedge-shaped, inclining toward the front. It has fourteen oval keys and an oval zero bar. In addition to the ten digits, these allow for the four arithmetic operations and clearing (but not clear entry). Each arithmetic function key serves as an enter key for the corresponding operation (e.g. pushing the appropriate key gives the product, result, difference, quotient, or sum). The calculator has a six-digit red LED display.
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content: A mark between the keyboard and the display reads: commodore. A switch on the back edge allows one to set the display to read dollars and cents (there is no decimal point key).
label: Description
content: The battery compartment at the top of the back would hold a nine-volt battery. A sticker in front of it reads: MINUTEMAN * 6 (/) VOLTAGE 9V CURRENT 0.08A (/) SERIAL NO. 377139 (/) MADE IN U.S.A.
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content: References:
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content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 58.
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content: <I>Washington Post</I>, April 14, 1974, p. C8. Advertised as a “basic low-priced machine.” Sold for $19.95.
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content: <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, February 2, 1975, p. 35. Advertised as selling for $12.88, value $19.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1986.0988.313
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.313
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (tube material)
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content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 6.35 cm x 9.2075 cm