Radio Shack EC-2001 Desktop Electronic calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1978-1985
name: label: maker
content: Tandy Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This lightweight, non-printing electronic calculator has an array of nine digit keys at the center, with a zero bar and a decimal point key below these. On the right are arithmetic and clear keys. On the left are percentage, percent change, gross profit margin, item count, clear memory, recall memory, memory subtraction, and memory addition keys. Above the keys are switches between a floating and a fixed decimal point, a constant switch, and a power switch. Behind is a ten-digit vacuum fluorescent diode display. A cabinet has space for two D batteries. A jack for a cord is at the back but there is no cord.
label: Description
content: A mark on the front of the machine reads: Radio Shack. A label on the back reads: CAT. NO. 65-660 (/) MODEL EC-2001 (/) Radio Shack, A DIVISION (/) OF TANDY CORPORATION. It also reads: S/NO. 430793 4A2 (/) MADE IN TAIWAN. The interior of the calculator has a single circuit board which has a mark that reads: J (/) 5729 (/) K. The chip by Texas Instruments has a mark that reads: TMC1073NL (/) MBS 8205 (/) PHILLIPINES.
label: Description
content: Radio Shack advertised the EC-2001 in American newspapers as early as 1978 and as late as 1985. The regular price in 1978 was $29.95.
label: Description
content: Compare the Lloyd’s Accumatic E680-3 (1986.0998.006) and Unisonic XL-101 (1986.0988.004).
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [advertisement], <I>Boston Globe</I>, December 5, 1978, p. 15.
label: Description
content: [advertisement], <I>New York Times</I>, March 21, 1985, p. A22.
place: label: place made
content: Taiwan
topic: label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Desktop Electronic Calculators
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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: 1986.0988.007
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.007
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Desktop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case, keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 in; 15.24 cm x 16.51 cm x 5.08 cm