General Information

Serial #

831905

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL HANDLE, PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

32.0 cm

Width

29.1 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SHARP

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Osaka

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1964-1994

Canada

JAPANESE MADE CALCULATOR MARKETED IN CANADA & USED IN CANADIAN FINANCIAL OFFICE. IT REPLACED LARGE, NOISY & VERY SLOW MECHANICAL CALCULATOR, & SLOWER & LESS ACCURATE SLIDE RULE PREVIOUSLY USEDBY DONOR.

Function

A CALCULATING DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS ELECTRONICALLY SUCH CALCULATIONS AS ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION, EXPONENTS. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED IN BROKERAGE OFFICE FOR COMPLEX ACTUARIAL, COMPOUND INTEREST, & INVESTMENT CALCULATIONS.

Technical

WHEN PURCHASED CALCULATOR WAS REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF MINIATURIZATION & INCREASED CALCULATING SPEED. ITS NEON TUBE DISPLAY & INTEGRATED CIRCUITS PREDATE LCD SCREEN & PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (FROM DONOR'S HISTORY FORM).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METALLIC LETTERING READS 'SHARP' & 'Compet 22'/ LABEL ON BACK READS 'COMPET 22/ MODEL CS-22A/ POWER INPUT: 115/120/127V/ AC 50-60c/s/ POWER RATING: 12W/ SERIAL NO. 831905/ Sharp [IN SCRIPT] HAYAKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD./ MADE IN JAPAN'/ PLATE READING 'National Typewriter Incorporated, Montreal, Tel. UN 6-1492'/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS/ METALLIC LETTERING ON CASE TOP READS 'Sharp [IN SCRIPT]/ ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BLACK CASING/ BLACK KEYBOARD WITH GREY, BLUE, & RED KEYS

Decoration

METALLIC TRIM AROUND KEYBOARD & SCREEN/ SILVER 'SHARP' LOGOS ON CASE TOP & SHIELD