Accession No
6782
Brief Description
"Money Manager" electronic pocket calculator, by Squarezone, English, 1991
Origin
England
Maker
Squarezone Ltd.
Class
calculating; electronics
Earliest Date
1991
Latest Date
1991
Inscription Date
Material
plastic; glass; metal
Dimensions
width 140mm, depth 90mm, height 19mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Donated by private person in September 2022.
Inscription
[front]
'SQUAREZONE'
'NORTHERN
ELECTRONIC'
[back]
'Made in England by:
SQUAREZONE
Limited
Battery BR 2325
FAX 0252 516000'
Description Notes
"Money Manager" electronic pocket calculator, by Squarezone, English, 1991.
Grey plastic case, with 23 keys on the front, including numeric, calculating functions, yes, no, up, and down. On the upper left corner the brand's name "Squarezone" is embossed. The logo and the name of the brand "Northern Electric" is printed on the left side. On the back, on the upper right corner is an EMPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) made in Japan. The switch to turn the device on is on its right edge, and it could be connected with a printer via a centronics parallel port.
The object came with a flyer (trade literature), double-sided, colour-printed, with illustration, prices, and inscription date "June 1991".
References
Events
Description
The Money Manager is a hand-held, portable computing device developed by Squarezone, and is widely used in the selling sectors to provide quotes, estimates, and calculations for insurance, mortgages, pensions, etc.. The device could be customised and printed with the companies' logos and names. The device we see here has "Northern Electric", suggesting its previous use.
22/03/2023
Created by: Guey-Mei Hsu on 22/03/2023
FM:47599
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