Object Details
- Tandy Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case in two shades of gray, a silver-colored keyboard, and twenty-three rectangular plastic keys. The meaning of the keys is written above them on the keyboard. Keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, and four memory keys. The top row has an on/off switch, a square root key, a % key, and a clear/clear entry key. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit green fluorescent display. Text behind this reads: Radio Shack (/) MEMORY EC-243.
- A compartment for two AA batteries is at the top of the back. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge. A sticker below the compartment reads: Radio Shack (/) Cat. No. : 65-618 (/) Model : EC-243 (/) DC : 3V (“AA” Cell x 2) (/) For 120V AC Operation (/) Use AC Adaptor 65-735 (/) Custom Mfd. in Hong Kong for (/) RADIO SHACK. A Division of Tandy Corp. (/) 7J-208.
- The calculator has a power adapter that plugs into the back edge. It is marked: Radio Shack (/) 273-1435 (/) 3V AC Adapter.
- Compare 1986.0988.043 (Radio Shack EC-242).
- Reference:
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1978 Catalog No. 289, p. 146, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed is $14.95.
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1979 Catalog No. 302, p. 129, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed is $14.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1978-1979
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.044
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.044
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover; cord material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 14.605 cm
- place made
- China: Hong Kong
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334458
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-56d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
