Digi-Comp 1 Toy Computer
date: label: Date made
content: 1965
label: date received
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: E.S.R., Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: In the mid-1960s, most children had never seen an electronic computer. However, they had heard stories of the power of these giant instruments and knew that they were associated with space flight. This toy brought the mathematical principles of the digital computer into the home. The manual describes several problems that could be set up, including a basic check out of whether the device was functioning properly, counting down from 7 to 1 in binary, logical riddles, and the game of NIM. There is a special piece that can be used to represent the logical operation "or." The toy was made by E.S.R., Inc. of Orange and Montclair, New Jersey. It sold for about $5.00.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Montclair
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Toys
label: Subject
content: Games
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Sputnik
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Garver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0067.59
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0067.59
label: accession number
content: 1978.0067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.3 cm x 47 cm x 33 cm; 1 11/16 in x 18 1/2 in x 13 in