Caprice MC11 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1981
notes: label: Description
content: This “ultra-slim” handheld electronic calculator has a metal case with plastic trim and an array of brown plastic keys. It is roughly the size of a credit card. In addition to ten digit keys, it has a decimal point key, a percentage key, four arithmetic function keys, three memory keys, a total key, an off key, an on/clear key, and a clear entry key. The eight-digit liquid crystal display is behind the keyboard to the left. A mark right of the display reads: *MINI CARD MC11 (/) AUTO POWER OFF. A sticker left of the keyboard reads: Caprice (/) Executive. A mark on the back of the calculator reads: Caprice Executive (/) DC 2x1.5V – 0.0006W (/) SILVER OXIDE BATTERY (/) MADE IN HONG KONG.
label: Description
content: Unscrewing the back of the case reveals two squat Toshiba batteries and a flat circuit board. A mark on the chip reads: W9. A mark on the back of the display reads: S C LCD-810SE. A sticker on the back of the circuit board reads: QC 5 (/) PASSED. It has a stylized T at the center.
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content: The calculator fits in a leather pouch with a paper leaflet of instructions. The instructions are in English, German, and French. No maker’s name is indicated on the pouch or instructions.
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content: An advertisement in the <I>Spokane Daily Chronicle</I> for July 23, 1979, lists this “new, executive model” as selling for $12.88. The Caprice, described as a “business card” calculator, was advertised in the <I>Syracuse Herald Journal</I> December 15, 1981, as available for $6.99. It was also advertised in the <I>Syracuse Herald-American</I> on January 24, 1982.
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content: References:
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content: <I>Spokane Daily Chronicle</I>, July 23, 1979.
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content: <I>Syracuse Herald-American</I>, January 24, 1982.
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content: <I>Syracuse Herald Journal</I>, December 15, 1981, p. 6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
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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: 1986.0988.335
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.335
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case; screw; circuitry material)
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content: paper (stickers; instructions material)
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content: leather (pouch material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; display window; circuit board; trim material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 10.1 cm x 7 cm; 13/32 in x 3 31/32 in x 2 3/4 in