Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display. Text behind it reads: Radio Shack. Text below the keyboard reads: statesman thin LCD.
- The calculator has a brown plastic backing; the cover is missing.
- Compare Radio Shack EC-267 (1986.0988.045).
- References:
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1980 Catalog No. 315, p. 166, accessed September 26, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed for the EC-257 calculator is $19.95.
- Radio Shack, A Tandy Company, 1981 Catalog No. 328, p. 164, accessed September 22, 2014, at radioshackcatalogs.com. The price listed for the EC-258 calculator is $17.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Tandy Corporation
- date made
- 1980-1981
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- Physical Description
- aluminum (case material)
- plastic (keys; carrying case; trim material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 2 in x 4 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.08 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Handheld
