Object Details
maker
National Semiconductor Corporation
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case with a tan and brown keyboard. Its capabilities are suited to student use, including not only the four functions of arithmetic but square roots, squares, and percentages. In addition to keys for these, the calculator has ten rectangular digit keys, a clear entry/clear key, a decimal point key, and a total key. The on/off switch is above these keys. Text above this reads: 831 NOVUS. Behind this is an eight-digit LED display. A jack for a power adapter is on the left side.
The battery compartment opens from the back.
Advertisements for the Novus 831 give a list price of $10.88 and a sale price of $9.44.
References:
[Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, April 4, 1976, Novus 831 calculator sold for $9.44.
[Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, September 19, 1976, p. L16. Novus 831 calculator sold for $9.44, regularly $10.88.
[Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, December 19, 1976, p. O4. Novus 831 calculator sold for $6.88, regularly $9.88.
[Advertisement], Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 14, 1977, p. 3. Novus 831 offered as giveaway for bank depositors.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1976-1977
ID Number
1986.0988.226
catalog number
1986.0988.226
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 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 13.97 cm
place made
United States
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Medicine and Science: Computers
Computers & Business Machines
Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1305756