overall: 1 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
electronic calculator
Other Terms:
electronic calculator; Handheld
Place made:
China: Hong Kong
Date made:
1978
Description:
This handheld electronic calculator has a gray plastic case, a black keyboard, and twenty-two rectangular plastic keys. The meaning of the keys is written above them on the keyboard. Keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a clear/clear entry key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, two memory keys, an on key, and an off key. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display. Text behind this reads: Radio Shack (/) MEMORY EC-242.
A compartment for a nine volt battery is at the top of the back. A jack for a power adapter is along the back edge. A sticker below the compartment reads: Radio Shack (/) Cat. No. : 65-617 (/) Model : EC-242 (/) DC : 9V (006P x 1) (/) For 120V AC Operation (/) Use AC Adaptor 65-731 (/) Custom Mfd. in Hong Kong for (/) RADIO SHACK. A Division of Tandy Corp. (/) 7J-207.
Radio Shack advertised this “low-priced memory calculator” as “a real budget-master.”
Compare 1986.0988.044 (Radio Shack EC-243).
Reference:
Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, <i>1978 Catalog No. 289</i>, p. 146, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed is $8.88.
