Portable Computer, Starlet NEC Portable Computer PC-8401A
date: label: date made
content: ca 1984
name: label: maker
content: NEC
notes: label: Description
content: This laptop computer has a tan plastic case and tan buttons, with a screen on the inside of the lid. It also has an AC power adopter and a single separate disc drive with a protruding circuit board.
label: Description
content: Documentation received with the computer is 2014.0260.04.
label: Description
content: This computer was used by Smithsonian curator Tom Simkin. Simkin worked with the division of mineralogical sciences, particularly on volcanes. He acquired it in 1986 to work away from the museum on research and data collection, particularly for the Global Volcanism Program.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sharon Simkin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0260.03
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0260.03
label: accession number
content: 2014.0260
objectType: label: Object Name
content: portable computer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case, keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (feet material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (tag, screws material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 29.2 cm x 22 cm; 5 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 8 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: computer, closed: 7 cm x 30 cm x 22 cm; 2 3/4 in x 11 13/16 in x 8 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: disk drive: 5.5 cm x 14 cm x 17 cm; 2 5/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: power adaptor (without cord): 6 cm x 5 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 1 31/32 in x 2 9/16 in