Commodore GL-997R Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: Commodore Japan Limited
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has an array of twenty-three oval plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a clear key, an exchange key, four memory keys, and a percentage key. The on/off switch is to the right of the top keys. Text below the keyboard reads: commodore. Text above the eight-digit green fluorescent display reads: CUSTOM (/) GREEN LINE. An outlet for a power adapter is on the right side of the calculator.
label: Description
content: Text on the back cover reads in part: Solid State Portable (/) Electronic Calculator (/) VOLTAGE (/) 4.5 V AC OPERATION (/) Use Commodore (/) adapter DC-420B (/) MODEL (/) GL-997R SERIAL NO. (/) 73954. It also reads: commodore japan limited (/) Made in Japan 200504-02. The case pops open (the screws at the bottom of the back are missing) and holds two AA batteries. The keyboard lifts up to reveal the circuitry, which includes a Commodore chip marked: GRBP-89 (/) 7518. This date code is the basis for the 1975 date of manufacture.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.209
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 57.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.127
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display window material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (tube material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.97 cm