Object Details
- Rockwell International
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a dark brown plastic case and eighteen 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, and a percentage key. A mark above the keyboard reads: Automatic (/) Percent. The on/off switch is on the left side. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display. Text behind the display reads: Rockwell. 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 (/) Calculator Model 8R (/) Made in Hong Kong Mod [sic].
- Compare the Rockwell 14RD (1986.0988.013) and the Rockwell 9TR (1986.0988.015). Also compare the Radio Shack EC-220 (1986.0988.038).
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1975, p. SF4. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $16.88.
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1975, p. A6. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $16.88.
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, December 18, 1976, p. C10. Rockwell 8R advertised as regularly priced at $14.88, selling for $8.95.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, February 11, 1977, p. C24. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $6.77.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975-1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.012
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.012
- 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: 1 in x 3 in x 6 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 15.24 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_334426
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3829-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
