Radio Shack EC-220 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Tandy Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This relatively inexpensive handheld electronic calculator has an array of eighteen rounded rectangular keys, labeled on the keyboard. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a clear entry/clear key, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, and a total key. A mark next to the top two keys reads: RS. The eight-digit red LED display is behind the keyboard. A mark behind it reads: Radio Shack. A jack for a power supply is on the back edge. The on/off switch is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A sticker on the inside of this compartment reads: 20313D30-02. The calculator has four rubber discs that serve as feet. A sticker on the back reads in part: EC-220 Calculator (/) Catalog No. 65-604. Further text reads: RADIO SHACK A TANDY CORPORATION COMPANY (/) FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107. Further text reads: Assembled in Mexico. Another mark reads: Ser. No. (/) 267484.
label: Description
content: Compare Rockwell 8R (1986.0988.012).
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content: Reference:
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content: Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, <i>1976 Electronics Catalog </i>, p. 116, accessed September 22, 2014, at .radioshackcatalogs.com. Calculator has a list price of $16.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
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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: 1986.0988.038
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.038
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 (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (feet material)
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content: metal (circuitry material)
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content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 14.9225 cm