Rockwell 8R Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975-1977
name: label: maker
content: Rockwell International
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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].
label: Description
content: Compare the Rockwell 14RD (1986.0988.013) and the Rockwell 9TR (1986.0988.015). Also compare the Radio Shack EC-220 (1986.0988.038).
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, August 14, 1975, p. SF4. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $16.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, December 4, 1975, p. A6. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $16.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, December 18, 1976, p. C10. Rockwell 8R advertised as regularly priced at $14.88, selling for $8.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, February 11, 1977, p. C24. Rockwell 8R advertised as selling for $6.77.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
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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: 1986.0988.012
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.012
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: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 in x 6 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 15.24 cm