Object Details
maker
Texas Instruments
Description
This handheld electronic graphing calculator has a plastic case and cover in blue, off-white, and dark gray. It 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. It is possible to remove the keypad (pushing a button on the back of the calculator) and replace it with a TI-84 PLUS keypad. The keys on this calculator are closer to a rectangular shape and take on more potential meanings. A mark at the bottom of this keypad reads: TI-84 PLUS KEYPAD. The box includes a plastic pouch for storing the extra keypad. A display above the keyboard splits into as many as four sections. A mark above it reads: TI-nspire (/) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
A mark on the back of the calculator reads: 2016006046 S-0507.
The calculator comes with three cables. One plugs into a jack at the bottom of the TI-84 Plus keypad and would connect to another TI-84 Plus keypad. A second plugs into the top of the calculator and would connect it to another TI-nspire. A third 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 (/) Computer Software for Math and Science (/) Logiciel d’ordinateur pour du labo de maths. Manuals in the box have titles TI-nspire Math and Science Learning Technology and TI-nspire Computer Software for Math and Science Reference Guide.
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 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 2007.0179.06.
References:
Online Datamath Museum
[Advertisement], New York Times, April 26, 2009, p. AR30. TI-nspire, was $157.99 (or $157.00), on sale for $139.88.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Texas Instruments
date made
2007
ID Number
2007.0179.05
accession number
2007.0179
catalog number
2007.0179.05
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
detachable keyboard: 1/2 in x 3 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.065 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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Handheld Electronic Calculators
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1339218