Adler EC 60 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1973
name: label: distributor
content: T-A Vertriebs-GmbH
notes: label: Description
content: This relatively large handheld electronic calculator has an array of ten digit keys on the front, and four colored keys for division, multiplication, subtraction and addition along the right front. To the left of the zero key is a clear key, to the right a decimal point key. Behind the keys is a six-digit blue-green fluorescent display. Behind this is space for four 1.5 volt batteries. There also is a plug for a power adapter.
label: Description
content: A mark on the front behind the display reads: ADLER 60. Stamped on the bottom of the plastic case are instructions for a typical calculation. A tag attached there reads: T-A Vertriebs-GMBH. 85 Nürnberg (/) Type EC 60 (4x1.5V-Dry Batteries or (/) AC Adapter AD 10.11.12.13.14.15.16 (/) Made in Japan No. 65053135.
label: Description
content: Adler calculators were made in Japan for the German firm of T-A Vertriebs-GmbH. According to online sources, the calculator dates from about 1973 and used an Omron chip.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: John Wolff's Web Museum, http://www.johnwolff.id.au/calculators/electronic/Portable.htm#Adler108T.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Handheld Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.151
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.151
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 9.525 cm x 15.875 cm