Texas Instruments 1750 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1977-1981
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
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content: This handheld electronic calculator has a light metal case with an array of twenty-three rectangular plastic keys. It was part of the Texas Instruments Slimline series. The calculator has ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, a change sign key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear entry/clear key, a square root key, a percentage key, and four memory keys. A mark at the top of the keyboard reads: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. A mark at the base of the keyboard reads: TI-1750. Behind the keyboard an eight-digit LCD display.
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content: A sticker on the back of the calculator reads: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) electronic calculator (/) USE SILVER OXIDE BATTERIES: S-76, G-13 (/) SERIAL NO. (/) 127 819433 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Unscrewing two screws at the top of the back reveals a circuit board that is marked in part: SANSYU (/) SELECT (/) KB-6511-01. There is no mark on the chip.
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content: The calculator has a dark brown plastic jacket.
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content: References:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, July 9, 1977, p. C2. TI-1750 sells for $19.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, November 27, 1977, p. W10. TI-1750 selling for $17.99, regularly $20.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, July 27, 1978, p. G16. TI-1750 selling for $19.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Atlanta Constitution</I>, August 31, 1979, p. 15A. TI-1750 on sale for $18, originally $30.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Atlanta Constitution</I>, August 31, 1980, p. 23A. TI-1750 on sale for $13.99, regularly $19.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Boston Globe</I>, April 26, 1981, p. 23. TI-1750 on sale for $12.88, regularly $20.88.
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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
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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: 1986.0988.327
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.327
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
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content: metal (case; circuitry material)
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content: paper (tag material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 6.985 cm x 11.43 cm