Object Details
- Tandy Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a case in two shades of brown and an array of twenty-three rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, and four arithmetic function keys. The leftmost column of keys includes %, square root, clear, and clear entry keys. The on/off switch is at the top of the keyboard, next to three memory keys. Behind this is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. A mark above this reads: Radio Shack. A power jack is on the back edge.
- The back of the calculator has a compartment for two AA batteries. Below this is a sticker that reads in part:
- CAT. NO 65-616 (/) MODEL EC-380 (/) Radio Shack A DIVISION OF TANDY CORPORATION (/) DC 3V(“AA” CELL X 2). (/) FOR 120V AC OPERATION (/) USE ADAPTER 14-854. It also reads: 8A6 (/) JAPAN.
- Compare 1986.0988.040 (Radio Shack EC-231) and 1986.0988.46 (Radio Shack EC-380).
- Reference:
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1977 Catalog No. 276 , p. 152, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed is $24.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.046
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.046
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 5 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.335 cm
- place made
- Japan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334460
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2b11-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
