National Semiconductor 199 Handheld Electronic Calculator
Object Details
- National Semiconductor Corporation
- Description
- This credit card-sized calculator has a metal case with twenty-three rectangular plastic keys and plastic trim. The keys include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, and four memory keys. In addition, the calculator has an off key, an on/clear entry/clear key, and a % key. Above the keys, on the left side, is the eight-digit LCD display. A mark below it reads: NSC National Semiconductor 199. Left of the display are three circles.
- Text at the bottom of the back reads: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION WEST JORDAN, UTAH 84084 MADE IN HONG KONG.
- Compare the National Semiconductor 102C (1986.0988.308), a calculator of similar size, which has a square root key.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1979, p. AC26. On sale for $10.77, regular price $16.95. This is the NS102 (not the NS199 or the NS102C).
- [Advertisement]. Eugene [Oregon] Register-Guard, August 13, 1979, p. 7A. NS199 calculator offered as part of a bank giveaway.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1979
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.309
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.309
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (keys; board material)
- metal (front and back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.3975 cm
- place made
- China: Hong Kong
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1363438
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-727c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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