Summit SM8 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Summit International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This unusually compact handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and an array of eighteen plastic keys, seventeen of them square and one (the zero key) rectangular. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear entry key, and a clear key. The on/off switch is left of the top three keys. An eight-digit red LED display is behind this. A tag on the front edge reads: Summit. A jack for a power supply is on the left side. The back of the calculator has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A sticker on the lid of the compartment reads: “Tom Thumb” (/) CALCULATOR WILL OPERATE FROM (/) 9 VOLT BATTERY OR OPTIONAL (/) SUMMIT ADAPTER. Further text reads: MODEL SM8 (/) SERIAL NO. 10933 (/) Tm SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Salina (Kansas) Journal</I>, December 28, 1973, p. 17. Summit SM8 selling for $53.24.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner</I>, January 8, 1974. Summit SM8 advertised as selling for $39.97.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
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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: 1986.0988.073
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.073
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (stickers material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm x 8.5725 cm