General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARDSTOCK BOXES AND TABS; METAL STRIPS; SYNTHETIC CASES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.7 cm

Width

8.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Electromechanical & mechanical computing 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 TYPE OF MAGNETIC CARD WAS USED FOR THE SR-52 MAINLY IN THE 1970S AND 1980S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EARLY PROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC CARDS AVAILABLE AND USED IN CANADA IN THE 1970S.

Function

MAGNETIC CARDS, WHEN INSERTED IN THE SR-52 CALCULATOR, ARE USED TO UPLOAD PROGRAMMES TO BE EXECUTED AND TO PRESERVE DATA ENTERED.

Technical

THESE SMALL MAGNETIC CARDS ARE USED TO PRESERVE DATA ANDUPLOAD PROGRAMMES TO BE EXECUTED. TI PROVIDED A VARIETY OF "CANNED" PROGRAMMES AND THE USER COULD ALSO CREATE AND SAVE THEIR OWN PROGRAMMES.[REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BOXES: 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ programmable/ slide-rule calculator/ SR-52/ 40 magnetic cards/ 1 card case/ 192 write-enable tabs/ Part No. 1013803-1/ [TI LOGO]/ SR-52 magnetic cards/case/tabs'/ MAGNETIC STRIPS TITLED 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS' WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION PRINTED ON INDIVIDUAL STRIPS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY CONTAIN

Missing

SEE COMMENTS

Finish

BROWN BOXES WITH WHITE PRINTING; BLACK CASES; SLIVER STRIPS WITH BLACK PRINTING; BLUE TAB CARDS WITH BLACK BACKS

Decoration

N/A