Texas Instruments TI-1200 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and a metal keyboard. It has an array of nineteen rectangular black plastic keys. These includes ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, a clear entry key, and a percentage key. The on/off switch is on the left edge. A mark above the keys reads: TI-1200.
label: Description
content: A mark above the keyboard on the left reads: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display.
label: Description
content: A jack for a power outlet is along the back edge. A sticker on the back reads: US PAT 3819921 AND OTHER PATS PENDING (/) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) TI-1200 (/) Serial No. 2583849. The sticker indicates that the calculator should be recharged using an AC9180 adapter/charger. It also reads in part: ASSEMBLED IN USA. Below the sticker is a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A mark below it reads: 3276 LTA.
label: Description
content: Unscrewing four screws in the back reveals the display and a chip. A mark on the chip reads: TMS0972NL (/) ZA0348. This is a TMS0972 chip.
label: Description
content: The calculator comes in a cardboard box. The box has prices listed on it of 12.76, $10.50., and 7.99. A slip in the box describes the terms of the Texas Instruments warranty, effective June 13, 1976.
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content: Currently not on view
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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: 1986.0988.074
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.074
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box; warranty material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 5.3975 cm x 13.335 cm