Summit MB8 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1972-1973
name: label: maker
content: Summit International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This American handheld electronic calculator has an off-white plastic case and an array of seventeen indented plastic keys (the Texas Instruments Klixon type, but smaller), most of them square. The zero key and the decimal point key are rectangular. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, and four arithmetic function keys, the calculator has a clear entry key and a clear key. A sticker left of the top two keys reads: Summit. Behind the keys is an eight-digit red LED display. On the left side are an on/off switch and a constant switch. A jack for a power adapter is on the front side.
label: Description
content: A sticker on the back reads in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) Salt Lake City, Utah (/) SEE MANUAL FOR OPERATION (/) Serial No. 112020 (/) Model No. MB-8 (/) Made in U.S.A. Below the sticker is a compartment for a nine volt battery.
label: Description
content: The calculator comes with a leather, cloth-lined, zippered case marked on the front: Summit. It also has a black power adapter marked in part: SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. These pieces, along with an instruction manual for the MB10 and MB8 Summit calculators, fit in foam, which in turn fits in a paper sleeve. A price tag on the sleeve reads $29.95, marked down to $14.95.
label: Description
content: The calculator carried out calculations of up to twenty digits, and displayed the eight most significant digits.
label: Description
content: No advertisements found.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.283.
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: 1986.0988.070
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.070
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; pouch zipper material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (labels; instruction manual; box material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (pouch material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm