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title:Commodore GL-997R Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  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


  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:1986.0988.127

  
  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



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