Texas Instruments Model PC-100C Print-Security Cradle
date: label: date made
content: 1978
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This device, used with a TI Programmable 58 or 59 calculator, performed a variety of functions. The printer could show the contents of the display at any time, list programs in program memory and the contents of data registers, print results from a running program, print each step of calculator operations, list program labels and location, print alphanumeric messages, and plot data. The PC-100C also served as a security cradle, providing a secure place to leave the calculator and also allowing recharging of the calculator while the printer was in use.
label: Description
content: The thermal printer, with its 2 ½ inch (6.4 cm.) wide tape, is on the left; the mounting bracket for the calculator is on the right. In front is a storage compartment for the battery pack from the calculator and for the cover of the mounting bracket. A lock (with key) is in the middle.
label: Description
content: A sticker on the bottom of the object reads in part: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) MODEL PC-100C (/) PRINT/SECURITY CRADLE. Text below this reads: SERIAL NO. 293181 ATA2378. The object has a light gray plastic cover. The printer came with two extra paper tapes, which have museum numbers 1990.0609.02.1 and 1990.0609.02.2. It was used with calculator 1990.0609.01.
label: Description
content: For examples of printouts from this printer, see 1990.3166.04. An instruction manual stored with these programs indicates that the printer was purchased September 19, 1979 for $249.95.
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content: Compare to the PC-100A printer that is part of 2007.0179.02.
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content: Reference:
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content: [Advertisement], <I>New York Times</I>, November 7, 1982, p. 64. TI Programmable 59 selling for $169.95. Rebate of $20 from manufacturer brings price down to $149.95. PC-100C printer also sells for $149.95.
label: Location
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 Doug Girling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0609.02
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0609.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0609
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print/security cradle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tape material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.7 cm x 29.2 cm x 25.4 cm; 4 3/16 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 in