Western Auto TXI-4995 A 47 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: Western Auto Supply Company
label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan and brown plastic case with nineteen square plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key it has four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, a clear entry key, a display key, and a percentage key. A mark in the top row of keys reads: W (/) A. A mark behind this reads: electronic WIZARD. A K/C switch is next to this. Behind is an eight-digit LED display.
label: Description
content: A jack for a power adapter is on the back edge and a switch is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for four AA batteries. A sticker on the compartment cover gives operating instructions. It is marked in part: Model No. TXI-4995 A 47 (/) Serial No. (/) 0007473 (/) ASSEMBLED IN U.S.A. AND DISTRIBUTED BY WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.
label: Description
content: Several electronic calculators made by Texas Instruments were distributed by the retailer Western Auto, some under the name “Electronic Wizard.” This one had the designation TXI- 4995. For a calculator made by TI for another distributor, see the Montgomery Ward P8F (1986.0988.143).
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed July 8, 2015.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1986.0988.142
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.142
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: plastic (case; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm