Radio Shack EC-257 or EC-258 - Statesman Thin LCD Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1980-1981
name: label: maker
content: Tandy Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This small, thin, flat handheld electronic calculator has a metal case and an array of twenty-four rectangular plastic keys. The ten digit keys and decimal point key are white. The total key, four arithmetic function keys, three memory keys, the change sign key, the % key, and the square root key are brown. The clear and clear entry keys are red. The on/off switch is to the left on the top row of keys.
label: Description
content: Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display. Text behind it reads: Radio Shack. Text below the keyboard reads: statesman thin LCD.
label: Description
content: The calculator has a brown plastic backing; the cover is missing.
label: Description
content: Compare Radio Shack EC-267 (1986.0988.045).
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content: References:
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content: Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, <i>1980 Catalog No. 315</i>, p. 166, accessed September 26, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed for the EC-257 calculator is $19.95.
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content: Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, <i>1981 Catalog No. 328</i>, p. 164, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed for the EC-258 calculator is $17.95.
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content: Currently not on view
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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: 1986.0988.047
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.047
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: aluminum (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; carrying case; trim material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 in x 4 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.08 cm x 10.795 cm