Texas Instruments AC Adapter/Charger Model AC9200

Dynamic Instrument Corporation 581B Power Adapter

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Object Details

maker

Dynamic Instrument Corporation

Description

This black plastic power supply has metal prongs to fit into a wall socket and a plastic-covered plug to fit into a calculator. A mark on the object reads in part: DYNAMIC INSTRUMENT CORP. (/) U.S. PAT. 3237079 & 3371302 (/) OTHER PATENTS PENDING 8 73 (/) MADE IN U.S.A. According to the Datamath calculator museum, this component was used by Texas Instruments with the third version of the TI-2500 calculator, the SR-10, the SR-11, the SR-16, the SR-50, and the SR-51.

Reference:

Online Datamath museum, accessed June 23, 2015.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of John B. Priser

date made

1973

ID Number

1986.0988.376

catalog number

1986.0988.376

accession number

1986.0988

Object Name

power supply

Physical Description

plastic (case; cord material)

metal (circuitry material)

Measurements

overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 in x 2 in; 5.715 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-f6df-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1364273