Litronix 1603 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975-1976
name: label: maker
content: Litronix
notes: label: Description
content: This Litronix 1603 handheld electronic calculator has a brown plastic case and twenty-four rounded rectangular plastic keys.These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a percentage key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, two memory keys, a square root key, a squaring key, a clear key, an on key, and an off key. A mark above the top row of keys reads: slide rule. Behind is an eight-digit red LED display. A mark behind this reads: litronix (/) SOLID STATE (/) 1603. A socket for the power adapter is along the back edge.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment at the top that would hold two batteries. A label below this reads: litronix 1603 (/) 9.0 VDC 300 MW 216455 (/) Use AC Adaptor #112 for 110 volts (/) #113 for 230 volts (/) Dim or erratic display (/) indicates discharged battery (/) Assembled in Malaysia (/) Litronix, Inc., Cupertino, Ca.
label: Description
content: One sale price found for the calculator is $10.95.
label: Description
content: For further information about Litronix, see 1986.0988.253.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Witchita Falls Times</I>, November 17, 1976, p. 23, sale price $10.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Malaysia
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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: 1986.0988.066
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.066
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: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: gallium arsenide (display chips material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.97 cm