Object Details
maker
Texas Instruments
Description
This handheld electronic symbolic graphing calculator has a plastic case and cover in two shades of gray. It not only gives numerical results (like the TI-nspire) but manipulates algebraic equations. Hence the "CAS" or computer algebra system in the name of the calculator.
The device has an array of thirty-seven relatively large keys, including keys for entering digits, arithmetic and trigonometric functions, programming, and control of the screen. The forty-two additional small round keys are mainly for letters and symbols. A display above the keyboard splits into as many as four sections. A mark above it reads TI-nspire CAS (/) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
A mark on the back of the calculator reads: 2016011983 S-0407.
The calculator comes with two cables. One plugs into the top of the calculator and would connect it to another TI-nspire. A second also plugs into the top and has a USB port, to connect to a microcomputer.
Also in the cardboard box with the calculator is a cd in case marked: TI-nspire CAS (/) Computer Software for Math and Science (/) Logiciel d’ordinateur pour du labo de maths. Manuals in the box have titles TI-nspire CAS Computer Software for Math and Science Reference Guide and TI-nspire CAS Computer Software for Math and Science .
Also received with the calculator are:
1. A poster showing the calculator.
2. A transparency for an overhead projector showing the calculator.
3. A manual with title Getting Started with TI-nspire CAS Math & Science Learning Technology
4. A leaflet with title TI-CARES Educational Support Programs and Resources
5. Sheets on Connect-to-Class teacher software, instructions on getting manuals in French, a license agreement, two customer response cards, and two quick reference cards, one in English and the other in French.
A mark on the box holding all of these materials reads in part: MADE IN CHINA.
Compare 2007.0179.05.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Texas Instruments
date made
2007
ID Number
2007.0179.06
accession number
2007.0179
catalog number
2007.0179.06
Object Name
electronic calculator
Physical Description
plastic (case; keys material)
metal (circuitry material)
paper (documentation; box material)
Measurements
calculator: 1 in x 4 in x 8 in; 2.54 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm
box: 2 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 9 7/8 in; 6.985 cm x 34.29 cm x 25.0825 cm
place made
China
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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_1339219