Object Details
- Texas Instruments
- Description
- This device, used with a TI Programmable 58 or 59 calculator, performed a variety of functions. The printer could show the contents of the display at any time, list programs in program memory and the contents of data registers, print results from a running program, print each step of calculator operations, list program labels and location, print alphanumeric messages, and plot data. The PC-100C also served as a security cradle, providing a secure place to leave the calculator and also allowing recharging of the calculator while the printer was in use.
- The thermal printer, with its 2 ½ inch (6.4 cm.) wide tape, is on the left; the mounting bracket for the calculator is on the right. In front is a storage compartment for the battery pack from the calculator and for the cover of the mounting bracket. A lock (with key) is in the middle.
- A sticker on the bottom of the object reads in part: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (/) MODEL PC-100C (/) PRINT/SECURITY CRADLE. Text below this reads: SERIAL NO. 293181 ATA2378. The object has a light gray plastic cover. The printer came with two extra paper tapes, which have museum numbers 1990.0609.02.1 and 1990.0609.02.2. It was used with calculator 1990.0609.01.
- For examples of printouts from this printer, see 1990.3166.04. An instruction manual stored with these programs indicates that the printer was purchased September 19, 1979 for $249.95.
- Compare to the PC-100A printer that is part of 2007.0179.02.
- Reference:
- [Advertisement], New York Times, November 7, 1982, p. 64. TI Programmable 59 selling for $169.95. Rebate of $20 from manufacturer brings price down to $149.95. PC-100C printer also sells for $149.95.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Doug Girling
- 1978
- ID Number
- 1990.0609.02
- catalog number
- 1990.0609.02
- accession number
- 1990.0609
- Object Name
- print/security cradle
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; cover material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (tape material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 10.7 cm x 29.2 cm x 25.4 cm; 4 3/16 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1065596
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0396-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
