Object Details
- Rockwell International
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a metal case and twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a % key, a change sign key, an exchange key, a square root key, and four memory keys. The on/off switch is left of the top row of keys. At the bottom of the keyboard a mark reads: the 24K. A mark below this reads: Rockwell. Above the keyboard is an eight-digit blue fluorescent display. The jack for a power adapter is along the front edge.
- A metal sticker that should be attached to the back reads: Rockwell (/) International (/) Model 24K (/) Made in Taiwan (/) Republic of China. It also reads: Microelectronics Product Division (/) Anaheim, CA 92803 Ser. No. (/) 101127.105.
- The calculator fits in a black wallet about the size of a checkbook. The wallet also contains a leaflet entitled: Rockwell Electronic Calculators Owner’s Manual for the 24K. It appears to date from 1975.
- Compare the Rockwell 24K II (1986.0988.164).
- Reference:
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1975, p. A6. Rockwell 24K advertised as selling for $40.00.
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1976, p. A12. Rockwell 24K advertised as selling for $40.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975-1976
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.238
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.238
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- metal (case; circuitry material)
- plastic (keys; wallet material)
- paper (leaflet material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm x 14.2875 cm
- place made
- Taiwan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305768
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-4a17-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
