Toshiba LC-850M Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: maker
content: Toshiba Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This compact handheld electronic calculator is in the shape of a ruler. It has a metal case and an array of twenty-four 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, and a clear key. The eight-digit liquid crystal display is to the left of the keyboard. Text below the display reads: LIQUID cRYSTAL LC-850M (/) TOSHIBA. Tight of this is an on/off/lock switch. The back of the calculator has a clip such as would fit over the edge of a pocket. No serial number found.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: According to the www.datamath.org website, as well as the www.calcuseum.com website (both accessed December 4, 2014), this calculator was introduced in 1978, in response to the Texas Instruments TI-1700 dataclip calculator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
label: See more items in
content: Computers & Business Machines
label: See more items in
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: 1986.0988.338
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.338
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; trim material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case; clip material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/16 in x 4 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .79502 cm x 11.1125 cm x 2.8575 cm