Object Details
- Rockwell International
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a dark brown and light tan plastic case and twenty rounded rectangular plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key, it has a clear entry/clear key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a percentage key, and two memory keys. A mark above the keyboard reads: MEMORY. The on/off switch is on the left side. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display. Text left behind the display reads: Rockwell. A mark scratched above this reads: WO305406. A jack along the back edge would hold a power adapter.
- The back of the calculator has four feet and a compartment at the top for a nine volt battery. A sticker below this gives operating examples. Text near the bottom reads: Rockwell (/) International Microelectronics Product Division (/) Anaheim, CA 92803. Further text reads: Calculator Model 18R (/) Assembled in Mexico (/) U.S. and Foreign Parts. Further text reads: Ser [sic] (/) No. 144265.
- The calculator has a plastic carrying case marked on the front: Rockwell.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1975, p. A6. Rockwell 18R advertised as selling for $19.88.
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1976, p. A12. Rockwell 18R advertised as selling for $13.88.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, February 11, 1977, p. C24. Rockwell 18R advertised as selling for $9.77.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975-1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.240
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.240
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; carrying case; keys; display cover material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (sticker material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 6 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305770
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-4a15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
