Object Details
- Tandy Corporation
- Description
- This relatively early handheld electronic calculator has a brown and tan plastic case and twenty-four square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a D key for refreshing the display, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a clear entry/clear key, and a negative entry key. The top row of the keyboard has four memory keys. Behind the keys on the right is an on/off switch. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A mark above the display reads: Radio Shack. The back edge has a cord for charging.
- The back of the calculator has a sticker with “abbreviated instructions.” Text at the bottom of this reads: RADIO SHACK A TANDY CORPORATION COMPANY (/) FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107 (/) RADIO SHAK MODEL EC-300 (/) SERIAL NO. A2 300-20590.
- The calculator has a black plastic zippered carrying case with a cloth cord.
- Compare 1986.0988.035.
- Reference:
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1974 Electronics Catalog , p. 66, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. Calculator has a list price of $114.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1974
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.037
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.037
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; carrying case material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 7.9375 cm x 14.605 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334451
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2a7f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
