Monroe EPIC 3000 Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1966
name: label: maker
content: Monroe International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In 1966, Monroe International, Inc., a descendent of the Monroe Calculating Machine Company and a division of Litton Industries, introduced its EPIC electronic programmable printing calculator. The device includes a desktop keyboard and printing unit, and an attached calculating unit that sits on the floor. It has transistors, but not microprocessors.
label: Description
content: At the center of the desktop part of the machine is an array of nine digit keys with a 0 bar below it. To the right of these keys are function keys for the four arithmetic operations as well as a square root key and enter and print bars. To the left of the digit keys are keys for start, decimal point placement, interchange of the contents of two registers, repeat, and other operations. The printing mechanism is behind the keyboard. It displayed entries as well as the answer. A mark next to the paper tape reads: EPIC 3000. A mark below this reads: MONROE li.
label: Description
content: Monroe also sold a similar electronic calculator called the EPIC 2000.
label: Description
content: The calculator was given to the Museum by George C. Davis, who apparently used it in work as a consulting engineer in radio and television in Washington, D.C.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Accession file, instructions 1983.0471.03.
label: Description
content: Personal Communication, Monroe Systems for Business.
label: Description
content: Vintage Calculators Web Museum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Desktop Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George C. Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0471.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0471
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0471.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: calculator: 23 cm x 30.6 cm x 38.3 cm; 9 1/16 in x 12 1/16 in x 15 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: computing unit: 53.5 cm x 51 cm x 21 cm; 21 1/16 in x 20 1/16 in x 8 1/4 in