Texas Instruments TI-Navigator System, Wireless Network for Electronic Calculators
date: label: date made
content: 2006
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: By 2007 Texas Instruments calculators were used primarily in classrooms, often in conjunction with computers. The Navigator Learning System, copyrighted in 2004, linked individual student calculators wirelessly to a teacher’s computer. It included four network hubs, four network connectors (each of which could connect to four calculators), a charging bay, a charging bay power adapter AC9940, a network hub power adapter, sixteen TI-Navigator seventy-two-inch input/output cables, and four network hub clamps. A mark on one of the hubs reads: S/N:206 1041298 (/) MAC: 00093700A152 DATE:S-0706A. Another mark reads: MADE IN CHINA.
label: Description
content: A sheet in French, Spanish, and English gives electrical information and a warranty. A leaflet describes radio frequency interference. A booklet describes the license agreement. The hub and charging bays are marked: MADE IN CHINA. A mark on the box reads: Made in Taiwan.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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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 Texas Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0179.04
label: accession number
content: 2007.0179
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0179.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator system
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cases; cable covers material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box; documents material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 7 1/2 in x 19 in x 15 in; 19.05 cm x 48.26 cm x 38.1 cm