Object Details
- Radofin Electronics
- Description
- This basic handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and nineteen oval indented plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a total key, a decimal point key, a constant key, and a clear/clear entry key. At the left in the top row of keys is an on/off switch. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. Text at the top reads: Radofin. A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
- The back of the calculator has a battery compartment for a nine volt battery. A sticker at the center of the back reads in part: Radofin (/) MODEL 8P ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR (/) DC 9 V 500mW 1 x 9V BATTERY. Further text reads: SERIAL NO 8P 26701 (/) RADOFIN ELECTRONICS LTD. HONG KONG.
- Compare 1986.0988.256 (Radofin1610).
- References:
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, August 14, 1975, p. MD11. Advertised as regularly priced at $19.97, on sale for $11.88.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, September 25, 1975. Advertised as regularly priced at $14.88, on sale for $10.88.
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1975, p. OC3. Advertised as regularly priced at $12.88, on sale for $9.88.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.146
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.146
- 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: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.0175 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_334560
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2cf0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
