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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRONIC/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0355.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Texas Instruments
- MODEL
- TI-30 LTA5076
- LOCATION
- Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2201236
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC WITH METAL TOP PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.7 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 3.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Texas Instruments
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Lubbock
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C 1976-1960
- Canada
-
TI WAS ONE OF THE INNOVATORS IN ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS & COMPUTERS WITH CANADA BEING AN IMPORTANT MARKET. MOST STUDENTS COULD NOT AFFORD HP PRODUCTS & TI'S WERE THEREFORE MUCH MORE POPULAR BECAUSE OF LOWER PRICE. - Function
-
USED FOR MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CALCULATIONS. COULD BE USED IN SCIENTIFIC (EXPONENTIAL) NOTATION. - Technical
-
HAS BUILT-IN CAPACITY TO TURN OFF LED DISPLAY AFTER 30-50 SEC. AND TURN ITSELF COMPLETELY OFF AFTER 7-14 MINUTES. UNLIKE HP'S, WHICH USED REVERSE POLISH NOTATION INSTRUCTION SETS, TI'S USED THE STANDARD ICS & PROTOCOLSFOR INSTRUCTION/DATA INPUT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CALCULATOR: MOLDED BELOW WINDOW DISPLAY: 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS'/ PRINTED ON TOP PANEL: 'TI-30/ [DESIGNATIONS ABOVE EACH BUTTON]'/ MOLDED IN BACK: 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ electronic calculator/ SERIAL NO./ 2201236 LTA5076/ ASSEMBLED IN USA/ THIS PRODUCT AND ITS COMPONENTS/ ARE PROTECTED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. PATENTS/ AND OTHER PATENTS PENDING:/ 38 1992 1 3904863/ 3855577 3919532/ 3900722 3921142/ 3902054 3922538/ 3904862 3924110'/
- Missing
- ADAPTOR. 9-V TRANSISTOR RADIO TYPE BATTERY
- Finish
- CALCULATOR: BLACK MATTE BASE & SIDES/ TOP PANEL LIGHT BROWN WITH DARK BROWN TRIM AND BUTTONS/ PRINTING ON TOP IN BROWN OR BLUE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Texas Instruments, Calculator, 1976, Artifact no. 1996.0355, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1996.0355.001/
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