Object Details
maker
National Semiconductor Corporation
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case with fifteen plastic keys, thirteen of them square and two rectangular. It has ten digit keys, a clear key, and four keys for arithmetic functions. Behind the keyboard are a switch marked “DECIMAL” and an on/off switch. A mark between the switches reads: WhizKid. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit display.
At the top of the back is a compartment for a nine-volt battery. A paper sticker below this reads in part: NS (/) ELECTRONICS 600 CALCULATOR Made in U.S.A. It also reads in part: 678010 (/) SERIAL NUMBER. It also reads in part: NS ELECTRONICS (/) A Division of (/) National Semiconductor Corp. (/) 2900 Semiconductor Drive, (/) Santa Clara, California 95051.
According to an article in the , the Whiz Kid is a four-function calculator introduced by the NS Electronics Division of National Semiconductor Corporation at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Chicago in June 1975.
Compare examples of the National Semiconductor 600, 1986.0988.064, 1986.0988.275, and 1986.0988.307.
Reference:
“Calculators Go to Grade School,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 1975, p. N A7.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
ca 1975
ID Number
1986.0988.307
catalog number
1986.0988.307
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements
overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 12.7 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_1363211