National Semiconductor 199 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1979
name: label: maker
content: National Semiconductor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This credit card-sized calculator has a metal case with twenty-three rectangular plastic keys and plastic trim. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, and four memory keys. In addition, the calculator has an off key, an on/clear entry/clear key, and a % key. Above the keys, on the left side, is the eight-digit LCD display. A mark below it reads: NSC National Semiconductor 199. Left of the display are three circles.
label: Description
content: Text at the bottom of the back reads: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION WEST JORDAN, UTAH 84084 MADE IN HONG KONG.
label: Description
content: Compare the National Semiconductor 102C (1986.0988.308), a calculator of similar size, which has a square root key.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 28, 1979, p. AC26. On sale for $10.77, regular price $16.95. This is the NS102 (not the NS199 or the NS102C).
label: Description
content: [Advertisement]. <I>Eugene [Oregon] Register-Guard</I>, August 13, 1979, p. 7A. NS199 calculator offered as part of a bank giveaway.
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: 1986.0988.309
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.309
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (keys; board material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (front and back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.3975 cm