Radio Shack EC-231 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: Tandy Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a case in two shades of brown and an array of twenty rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, and four arithmetic function keys. The leftmost column of keys includes %, square root, clear, and clear entry keys. The on/off switch is at the top of the keyboard. Behind this is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. A mark above this reads: Radio Shack. A power jack is on the back edge.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for two AA batteries. Below this is a sticker that reads in part:
label: Description
content: CAT. NO 65-610 (/) MODEL EC-231 (/) Radio Shack A DIVISION OF TANDY CORPORATION (/) DC 3V(“AA” CELL X 2) (/) FOR 120V AC OPERATION (/) USE ADAPTER 14-854 (/) 11467. It also reads: 8A6 (/) JAPAN.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.040 (Radio Shack EC-231) and 1986.0988.46 (Radio Shack EC-380).
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, <i>1977 Catalog No. 276 </i>, p. 152, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed is $10.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.040
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.040
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: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.335 cm