Texas Instruments 1400 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 dark brown plastic case and a metal keyboard. It has an array of twenty rectangular brown plastic keys. The meaning of the keys is indicated on the keyboard. There are ten digit keys a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear key, a clear entry key, a change sign 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 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 (/) Serial No. A 271475. 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: 3876 LTA.
label: Description
content: Unscrewing four screws in the back reveals the display and a chip. A mark on the chip reads: TMS0972NL (/) ZA0348 (/) ASP7624. This is a TMS0972 chip.
label: Description
content: Compare the TI-1200 (1986.0988.074). The TI-1200 lacks a change sign key.
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 John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.195
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.195
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 (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm x 13.97 cm