National Semiconductor 835 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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Object Details
- National Semiconductor Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a dark brown plastic case and twenty-three rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a clear entry/clear key, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, four memory keys, a % key, and a square root key. Left of the top row of keys is an on/off switch. A mark above it reads: 835. A mark to the right of this mark reads: National (/) Semiconductor.
- Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LED display. A jack for an adapter is on the left side. The back of the calculator has a compartment for a battery. Text at the bottom of the back reads: MADE IN HONG KONG.
- Compare to Novus 835 (1986.0988.276), which was also made by National Semiconductor. Also see the National Semiconductor 835A (1986.0988.230).
- References:
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, August 28, 1977, p. U1_1. Refers to an 835 calculator by National Semiconductor. Color scheme is of the National Semiconductor 835, not the Novus 835.
- [Advertisement], Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1980, p. W_A15. The add lists the calculator as an $8.95 value on sale for $3.99. The keyboard shown is all one color.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1977-1980
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.229
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.229
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (keys; case material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm
- place made
- China: Hong Kong
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305759
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-4a3d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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