Litronix 2260R Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1974-1976
name: label: maker
content: Litronix
notes: label: Description
content: This Litronix 2260R handheld electronic calculator has a brown plastic case and twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a pi key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key. The top row of the keyboard also has a clear/on key, an off key, and two parentheses keys. The leftmost column of keys includes exponential, square, square root, and change sign keys. A mark above the top row of keys reads: slide rule. Behind is an eight-digit red LED display. A mark behind this reads: litronix (/) 2260. A socket for the power adapter is along the right edge.
label: Description
content: A large sticker on the back of the calculator reads in part: Litronix 2260R (/) RECHARGEABLE (/) 4 VDC 300MW Serial No. 40394. It also reads in part: Litronix, Inc., Cupertino, CA. Assembled in Malaysia. The right edge of this sticker reads: Property of . . . CHERZAN.
label: Description
content: Also included is a twenty-page leaflet entitled: a guide to machine calculation Litronix 2260 exponential. The calculator fits in a brown leather or leatherette case with a metal snap.
label: Description
content: Prices found for the Litronix 2260 range from $68.88 down to $39.95.
label: Description
content: For further information about Litronix, see 1986.0988.253. Compare 1986.0988.302.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, December 26, 1974, p. N9. Litronix 2260R, regularly priced at $89.95, on sale for $68.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, March 26, 1976, p. B8. Litronix 2260R, regularly priced at $49.99 on sale for $39.99.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Malaysia
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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: 1986.0988.067
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.067
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; carrying case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
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content: paper (sticker; leaflet material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (feet material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 6 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 16.51 cm