Texas Instruments TI-nspire Handheld Electronic Calculator
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content: 2007
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content: Texas Instruments
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content: This handheld electronic graphing calculator has a plastic case and cover in blue, off-white, and dark gray. It has an array of thirty-seven relatively large keys, including keys for entering digits, arithmetic and trigonometric functions, programming, and control of the screen. The forty-two additional small round keys are mainly for letters and symbols. It is possible to remove the keypad (pushing a button on the back of the calculator) and replace it with a TI-84 PLUS keypad. The keys on this calculator are closer to a rectangular shape and take on more potential meanings. A mark at the bottom of this keypad reads: TI-84 PLUS KEYPAD. The box includes a plastic pouch for storing the extra keypad. A display above the keyboard splits into as many as four sections. A mark above it reads: TI-nspire (/) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
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content: A mark on the back of the calculator reads: 2016006046 S-0507.
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content: The calculator comes with three cables. One plugs into a jack at the bottom of the TI-84 Plus keypad and would connect to another TI-84 Plus keypad. A second plugs into the top of the calculator and would connect it to another TI-nspire. A third also plugs into the top and has a USB port, to connect to a microcomputer.
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content: Also in the cardboard box with the calculator is a CD in case marked: TI-nspire (/) Computer Software for Math and Science (/) Logiciel d’ordinateur pour du labo de maths. Manuals in the box have titles <I>TI-nspire Math and Science Learning Technology</I> and <I>TI-nspire Computer Software for Math and Science Reference Guide</I>.
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content: Also received with the calculator are:
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content: 1. A poster showing the calculator.
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content: 2. A transparency for an overhead projector showing the calculator.
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content: 3. A manual with title <I>Getting Started with TI-nspire Math & Science Learning Technology</I>.
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content: 4. A leaflet with title <I>TI-CARES Educational Support Programs and Resources</I>.
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content: 5. Sheets on Connect-to-Class teacher software, instructions on getting manuals in French, a license agreement, two customer response cards, and two quick reference cards, one in English and the other in French.
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content: A mark on the box holding all of these materials reads in part: MADE IN CHINA.
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content: Compare 2007.0179.06.
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content: References:
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content: Online Datamath Museum
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content: [Advertisement], <I>New York Times</I>, April 26, 2009, p. AR30. TI-nspire, was $157.99 (or $157.00), on sale for $139.88.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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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
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content: Gift of Texas Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0179.05
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content: 2007.0179
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content: 2007.0179.05
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content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys material)
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content: metal (circuitry material)
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content: paper (documentation; box material)
label: Measurements
content: calculator: 1 in x 4 in x 8 in; 2.54 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: detachable keyboard: 1/2 in x 3 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 9 7/8 in; 6.985 cm x 34.29 cm x 25.0825 cm