National Semiconductor 103A Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1978-1981
name: label: maker
content: National Semiconductor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator comes in a checkbook and is designed to assist in balancing checking accounts. It has a total of thirty-one plastic keys. On the left side are ten digit keys, a clear entry/clear key, a decimal point key, and four arithmetic function keys. At the center are a % key, a total key, an off key, an on key, and a DB key. On the right is a row of keys for a checking account for entering checks and deposits, and finding balances. A second row of three keys is for indicating charges, payments, and balances in a charge account. A third row of keys for a second charge account. At the bottom right corner is a grand total key.
label: Description
content: Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display. To the right of it are three brightly colored dots. Text to the left reads: NSC National Semiconductor 103A.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator is riveted to the calculator, so marks there were not recorded. A mark on the circuit board reads: NS-103B-1 (/) A=5 (/) B=10.
label: Description
content: Text on the inside of the checkbook reads: MADE IN TAIWAN. The checkbook also includes space for a pen.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.227 and 1986.0988.336.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Frank Macias, “Calculating Friends: Delegate That Everyday Balancing Act to These Little Guys with Big Brains,” <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, November 19, 1978, p. O64.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, February 13, 1981, p. A41. On sale for $29.95, regularly $34.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Taiwan
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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: 1986.0988.148
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.148
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; pouch material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 in x 2 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm