Object Details
- Texas Instruments
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a metal front and a brown plastic back with an array of twenty-four rectangular brown plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, an on/clear key, a decimal point key, a total key, four arithmetic function keys, an off key, a square root key, a percentage key, and four memory keys. A mark at the top of the keyboard reads: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. A mark at the base of the keyboard reads: TI-1750 III. Behind the keyboard an eight-digit LCD display.
- The back of the calculator has a compartment for two very small batteries. Text above it reads in part: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) electronic calculator. The space for a serial number is blank. The date mark reads: ATA3681. It also reads: ASSEMBLED IN USA.
- The calculator fits in a black plastic pouch. Also in the pouch is an instruction leaflet that reads: Texas Instruments (/) TI-1750 III (/) portable electronic calculator. It is copyrighted 1980.
- Compare TI-1001 (1987.0435.07).
- References:
- [Advertisement], Los Angeles Times, September 2, 1978, p. D7. TI-1750 III selling for $19.95.
- [Advertisement], Washington Post, July 24, 1981, p. C5. TI-1750 III selling for $11.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1981
- ID Number
- 1987.0435.05
- catalog number
- 1987.0435.05
- accession number
- 1987.0435
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- metal (case material)
- plastic (back of case; keys material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_214329
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-a538-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
