Radio Shack EC-221 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: Tandy Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This basic handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case in two shades of gray and nineteen oval indented plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, four arithmetic function keys, a % key, a total key, a decimal point key, a clear key, and a clear entry key. At the left in the top row of keys is an on/off switch. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. Text at the top reads: Radio Shack. A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a battery compartment for a nine-volt battery. A sticker below this reads: CAT. NO 65-609 (/) MODEL EC-221 (/) Radio Shack (/) A Division of Tandy Corporation (/) DC 9V (/) FOR 120V AC OPERATION (/) USE AC ADAPTER 65-731 (/) Serial No. 136626 (/) Made in Hong Kong.
label: Description
content: The calculator is in its original white cardboard box. The box describes the "Radio Shack basic five function calculator" as "ideal for all ages."
label: Description
content: Compare to the Radofin 1610 (1986.0988.256).
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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: 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: 1986.0988.221
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.221
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; case; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker; box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.0175 cm