NS Electronics 600 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: maker
content: National Semiconductor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case with fifteen plastic keys, thirteen of them square and two rectangular. It has ten digit keys, a clear key, and four keys for arithmetic functions. Behind the keyboard are a switch marked “DECIMAL” and an on/off switch. A mark between the switches reads: NS (/) ELECTRONICS. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display.
label: Description
content: At the top of the back is a compartment for a nine volt battery. A paper sticker below this reads in part: MODEL 600. It also reads in part: National (/) Semiconductor Corporation (/) 2921 Copper Road, (/) Santa Clara, CA 95051. It also has the mark: No. 110269.
label: Description
content: According to trademark records, the trademark shown on this calculator was first used in commerce in September 1973 and registered in 1977. No registration is indicated on the object.
label: Description
content: Compare three examples of the National Semiconductor 600: 1986.0988.064, 1986.0988.275, and 1986.0988.307 (the Whiz Kid). Of the three, this has the lowest serial number.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Chicago Tribune</I>, April 26, 1974, p. B10. NS600 advertised as on sale for a reduced price of $24.88.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, November 28, 1974, p. L10. NS600 on sale for $14.88, regular price $19.88.
label: Description
content: U.S. Trademark 73008967, filed December 17, 1973, registered February 22, 1977.
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: 1986.0988.275
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.275
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; display cover; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.0175 cm