Answermath M-80 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: Bomark International
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has ten digit keys and a decimal point key in white plastic, a % key, four arithmetic function keys, an equals key, and a k= key in blue plastic, as well as two red memory keys. Above these are a clear key, an on/off switch, and an eight-digit LED display. A sticker on the front reads: ANSWERMATH. A sticker between the cancel key and the on/off switch reads: M-80, with a trademark indicated.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a battery compartment at the bottom and a plug for an adaptor—this example has no adapter. A sticker on the battery compartment lid reads: ANSWERMATH M-80 (/) SERIAL NO. N 801990 (/) BOMARK INTERNATIONAL (/) DAN-BEE MARKETING GROUP INC (/) NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. 10013 (/) MADE IN USA.
label: Description
content: A December 1974 advertisement in the <I>Chicago Tribune</I> shows the calculator, describing it as a "Mini Calculator with Memory." It sold on special for $39.95. The name of the manufacturer is not indicated.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, December 1, 1974, p. S A7.
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: 1986.0988.157
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.157
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 (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm