CALCULATOR, Canon Electric

Calculator housed in large beige plastic box with stepped down front to accommodate a keyboard. Large (1.5cm square) keys in off-white, blue, beige or black depending on function. Rocher on-off switch and three sliding program switches, as well as a numerical dial. Readout screen above keyboard in 28 x 6cm recessed frame. A slot on the top of the unit accommodates programme cards. Grey power cord on rear of unit.
Parts:
.1: Calculator.
.2: Grey plastic cover for calculator with printed inscription in white 'Canon'. White plastic piping on seams.
.3: Booklet 'Canon Canola 167P' with colour cover featuring calculator. Contents include flow chart 'the place of the Canola 167P' (with a picture of it in a laboratory - 'a big boost to R & D effeciency), and features, functions and programmable and manual calculations. 12 pages including cover. Business card taped to cover - 'Richard F. Warner', Bleakley Gray Corporation Pty. Ltd., Leederville.
.4: User's manual with soft black and white cover ('167P' in purple). 80 pages plus cover sheets.
.5: Manilla folder containing 8 pages of hand-written, photocopied programming notes.
.6: Bundle of 72 white programme cards (unused), each 18.8 x 5.7. Grid with horizontal numbering, numbering 1-40 and vertical numbering 40,20,10,8,4,2,1 and 'key symbol'. Each position on the grid can be punched out leaving a 2 x 1 mm hole. Reverse of cards is black.
.7: Bundle of 20 used programme cards in yellow sleeves. Sleeves are labelled with programme types such as mean, variance and standard deviation, with calculations steps recorded.
.8: Bundle of 2 unused yellow programme card sleeves.
.9: Bundle of 119 unused blue programme card sleeves.

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