Object Details
maker
Texas Instruments
Description
This handheld electronic calculator has a light tan plastic case and metal keyboard with an array of twenty-four rectangular 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-1031. 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: ATA2881. It also reads: ASSEMBLED IN USA.
The calculator fits in a light tan plastic jacket. Penciled inside it is the name: JON HAgSTRANd. The instruction leaflet inside the jacket is entitled Texas Instruments TI-1031 Portable Electronic Calculator. The copyright date is 1980.
Compare 1986.0988.089 (the TI-1030).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Priser
date made
1981
ID Number
1986.0988.326
catalog number
1986.0988.326
accession number
1986.0988
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
metal (keyboard; circuitry material)
paper (leaflet material)
plastic (case; keys; carrying case material)
Measurements
overall: 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 11.43 cm
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Medicine and Science: Computers
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Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1363787