Object Details
maker
Tandy Corporation
Description
This small, thin, flat handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case and an array of twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. The ten digit keys and decimal point key are white. The on/off key and the clear/clear entry keys are red. The total key, four arithmetic function keys, four memory keys, change sign key, % key, and square root key are brown.
A mark below the keyboard (partly effaced) reads: Radio Shack (/) statesman. . . .
The back of the calculator has a space at the bottom for two squat cylindrical batteries. A sticker in the middle of the back reads: Radio Shack (/) Cat. No. 65-670 (/) Model: EC-263 (/) DC: 3V (76, S76 or Equivalent x 2) (/) Custom Mfd. in Hong Kong for (/) Radio Shack, A Division of Tandy Corporation.
Reference:
Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1980 Catalog No. 315, p. 167, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed for the calculator is $16.95.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1980
ID Number
1986.0988.223
catalog number
1986.0988.223
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
plastic (trim; keys; back of case material)
metal (front of case; circuitry material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements
overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 6.0325 cm x 10.795 cm
place made
China: Hong Kong
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Medicine and Science: Computers
Computers & Business Machines
Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1305753