National Semiconductor Novus 750 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1976-1979
name: label: maker
content: National Semiconductor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case and seventeen rectangular plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys and a decimal point key, it has a clear entry/clear key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key. On the left on the brown and off-white keyboard is an on/off switch. Text above it reads: 750 NOVUS. Behind the keyboard is a six-digit LED display. A compartment for a battery opens on the top of the back.
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content: A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
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content: Problems are entered using algebraic rather than reverse Polish notation.
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content: Compare to the earlier Novus 650 (1986.988.260 – no floating decimal point, Reverse Polish notation) and to the contemporary Novus 850 (1986.0988.306 – eight-digit display). Also compare to the National Semiconductor 750 (1986.0988.231). Advertised prices for the Novus 750 ranged from $7.66 down to $3.99.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, February 15, 1976, p. P18. Novus 750 selling for $7.66.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, April 4, 1976, p. N19. Novus 750 has regular price of $7.88, on sale for $6.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, June 13, 1976, p. S8. Novus 750 has regular price of $7.88, on sale for $5.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, August 29, 1976. Novus 750 selling for $7.89.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, January 2, 1977, p. M8. Novus 750, regularly $7.88, selling for $6.00.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, September 27, 1979, p. W_B33. Novus 750, regularly $6.99, selling for $3.99.
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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: 1986.0988.224
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.224
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 12.7 cm