National Semiconductor Novus 822M Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: National Semiconductor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case, a black keyboard, and twenty-two rectangular plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a clear entry/clear key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key; it has a display key, a constant key, a % key, and two memory keys. The on/off switch is next to the top two keys. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A mark behind this reads: NOVUS (/) 622M. A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The top of the calculator has a compartment for a battery that opens at the back. Below this is a sticker marked in part: NOVUS 822M. It gives operating instructions. Further text at the bottom reads: NOVUS – Consumer Products from (/) National Semiconductor Corporation (/) Made in U.S.A. It also reads: Serial No. (/) 1000115.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, April 8, 1975, p. C4. Novus 822M sold for $29.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1986.0988.225
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.225
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm