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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROGRAMMABLE
- DATE
- 1975–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0294.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Texas Instruments
- MODEL
- SR-52
- LOCATION
- Dallas, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- SR-52087894
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC WITH SOME METAL PARTS/ PROGRAMMABLE STRIPS ARE METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 6.0 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
- Dallas
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- THIS ONE WAS USED FROM CA. 1978-80; IN GENERAL USE MAINLY IN THE 1970S & 1980S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY MULTI-FUNCTION SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN THE 1970S. DONORBOUGHT DEVICE AT EATONS WHEN IN HIGH SCHOOL & USED IT AS A COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY. [REF 1] - Function
-
PERFORMS ARITHMETICAL, ALGEBRAIC, & TRIGONOMETRIC CALCULATIONS INCLUDING ROOTS, EXPONENTS, INVERSES AND LOGARITHMS. - Technical
-
TI HAD, AT THE SAME TIME AS FAIRCHILD (1959) DEVELOPED THE MICROCHIP & IT WAS THESE WHICH ALLOWED IT TO BE A LEADER IN THE HAND HELD CALCULATOR BUSINESS. TI INTRODUCED THE SR-52 TO COMPETE WITH THE HP-65. TI PRODUCTS WERE CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER THAN HP PRODUCTS AT THE TIME.[REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTING ON BACK INCLUDES: 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ SR-52/ Serial No. SR-52087894/ REFER TO OWNER'S MANUAL FOR COMPLETE/ OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/ TO READ CARD:.../ TO WRITE CARD:.../ COVERSIONS.../ ASSEMBLED IN USA' 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ BATTERY PACKBP-1A...''LTA4576'/ ON FRONT: 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SR-52/ [DESIGNATIONS FOR EACH KEY]/.2 PRINTED ON BACK: 'LISTED/ PWR SUPPLY/ 581B/ TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ INCORPORATED/ CSA LR 21061 379/ MADE IN U.S.A./ CAUTION: USE INDOORS ONLY/ 120V/240V/ CHARGER/ MODEL AC9130SW/ INPUT 120/240 VAC/ 50/60 HZ/ OUTPUT 8.4 VAC/ 225 MA'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- CALCULATOR: BLACK BODY; TOP PANEL DARK BROWN WITH GOLD TRIM; BUTTONS VARIOUS BROWN SHADES WITH BROWN OR BEIGE PRINTING/ CASE: DARK BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Texas Instruments, Calculator, circa 1975–1980, Artifact no. 1997.0294, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0294.001/
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