Texas Instruments TI-35 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1980
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content: Texas Instruments
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content: This scientific handheld electronic calculator has a relatively thin black plastic case with an array of forty small rectangular black plastic keys (one key is missing on this example). These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a change sign key, a total key, and four arithmetic function keys. Further keys are for reciprocals, percentage, off, on/clear, sines, cosines, tangents, enter exponent, common logarithms, natural logarithms, powers, a constant, left parenthesis, and right parenthesis. Keys in the leftmost column may represent two functions. These are factorial or clear statistical register, square or square root, inverse function or second meaning of key, summation or removal of unwanted data points, storage or mean, recall or standard deviation, summation or a different standard deviation, and exchange or pi. The marks indicating the function of keys are on the keyboard above the keys themselves.
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content: Text above the keys reads: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI-35 (/) Constant Memory. Behind the keyboard is an LCD display that shows eight-digit positive and negative numbers or, in scientific notation, a five-digit mantissa and two-digit exponent.
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content: The calculator has a compartment for two very small batteries. Text on the back reads in part: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) electronic calculator. It also gives the serial number 3607829 and a date mark ATA5080. It also reads: ASSEMBLED IN USA.
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content: The calculator comes in a black plastic jacket. It is part of the Slimline series of Texas Instruments calculators that feature LCD displays.
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content: Compare 1986.0988.325 (another TI-35) and 1986.0988.087 (the Business Analyst II).
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, May 19, 1979, p. SD_B8. Lists price of $22.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I> Chicago Tribune</I>, January 16, 1980, p. C12. Lists price of $21.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I> Los Angeles Times</I>, September 20, 1980, p. SD_B7. Lists price of $22.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>The Atlanta Constitution</I>, August 23, 1981, p. L15. Lists regular price of $21.89, sale price of $16.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>The Atlanta Constitution</I>, February 7, 1982, p. O7. Lists sale price of $15.99, regular price of $17.89.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, August 11, 1983, p. C3. Lists sale price of $13.90, regular price $15.50.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, December 8, 1984, p.C8. Lists price of $19.99, regular price $25.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, April 30, 1986, p. 7C. Regular price given as $17.99, sale price $14.99.
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content: Texas Instruments, <I>Slimline TI 35 scientific calculator</I>, Dallas: Texas Instruments, 1979. An example of this manual is with 1986.0988.324.
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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
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content: Gift of John B. Priser
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1986.0988.324
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content: 1986.0988.324
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content: 1986.0988
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content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part of case; sleeve; keys material)
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content: metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
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content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 7.3025 cm x 13.335 cm