Coleco Digits Handheld Electronic Game
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: maker
content: Coleco
notes: label: Description
content: This electronic game is the general size and shape of a handheld electronic calculator. The purpose of the game is to figure out a four-digit code generated (but not displayed) by pressing the "CODE" button in the top row of keys. If the "SKILL" switch in the bottom row is set at 1, the secret code will have no digits larger than a five, if the skill position is 2, any digit may be used. Players guess the code by entering a number in the "CODE" section of the LED display. Pressing the "TRY" key reveals the number of correct digits in the correct position and the number of correct digits in an incorrect position. Clearing the display by pushing the C button, one can enter further guesses. If and when the correct secret code is numbered, a 4 and a 0 appear in status boxes and that display flashes.
label: Description
content: An outlet for an adapter is on the fight side of the plastic case. The battery compartment on the back holds a nine volt battery. A sticker on the inside of this compartment reads: 44 01 8. A sticker below the compartment on the back gives instructions for playing the game. A mark below this sticker reads: HONG KONG.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, November 25, 1978, p. S6.
label: Description
content: Carla Kallan, "Electronic Games People Play: Toy Outlets Reflect the Arrival of the Computer Age," <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, December 11, 1979, p. H1, H5.
label: Description
content: “DIGITS Instructions and Game Rules,” Amsterdam, N.Y.: Coleco Industries, Inc., 1978. This is online at: https://archive.org/details/manuals-handheld-games-Coleco-Digits. Accessed June 3, 2014.
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: 1986.0988.130
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Object Name
content: electronic game
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (stickers material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry; label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 8.255 cm x 16.51 cm