Object Details
- National Semiconductor Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case, a black keyboard, and twenty-two rectangular plastic keys. In addition to ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a clear entry/clear key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key; it has a display key, a constant key, a % key, and two memory keys. The on/off switch is next to the top two keys. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A mark behind this reads: NOVUS (/) 622M. A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
- The top of the calculator has a compartment for a battery that opens at the back. Below this is a sticker marked in part: NOVUS 822M. It gives operating instructions. Further text at the bottom reads: NOVUS – Consumer Products from (/) National Semiconductor Corporation (/) Made in U.S.A. It also reads: Serial No. (/) 1000115.
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1975, p. C4. Novus 822M sold for $29.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.225
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.225
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305755
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-1a5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
