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OBJECT TYPE: PROGRAMMABLE/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/POCKET
DATE: 1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1390.001

MANUFACTURER: Texas Instruments Inc.
MODEL: TI-59
LOCATION: Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 8942612
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC FOLDER CONTAINING PAPER MAGNETIC STRIPS/.3 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL PARTS/.4 SYNTHETIC & METAL/ SYNTHETIC CASE WITH METAL ZIPPER/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.6 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 7.1 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: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1979-1992
Canada: Unknown
Function: A DEVICE WHICH ELECTRONICALLY PERFORMS MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS, USED PRIMARILY FOR SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. IT COULD BE USED TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS FROM THE KEYBOARD, WITH BUILT-IN LIBRARY PROGRAMS, OR WITH PROGRAMS CREATED BY USER TO MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS.
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1977, TI-59 WAS SECOND PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR AFTER 1974HEWLETT-PACKARD HP-65. TI-59 MADE USE OF H-P'S BUBBLE MEMORY. IT CAME WITH MAGNETIC CARDS FOR STORAGE BY USER. TI-58/59 CALCULATORS WERE POSSIBLY FIRST WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES WITH BUILT-IN PROGRAMS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 RAISED & INCISED LETTERING ON BACK READS 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ electronic calculator/ SERIAL NO./ 8942612 ATA1382/ ASSEMBLED IN U.S.A.' WITH PATENT INFO./ METALLIC LETTERING ON FRONT READS 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS' WITH LOGO & TI Programmable 59/ Solid State Software'/ BUFF & BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS/.2 STAMPED 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ON COVER/ GOLD LETTERING ON MAGNETIC STRIPS/.3 RAISED 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ POWER/ SUPPLY/ ASSY IN U.S.A./ ADAPTER/ MODEL AC 9131/ INPUT 120 VAC 60 Hz 6 WATTS/ OUTPUT 3.3 VAC 500 MA'; INCISED '8124'/.1 &.4 RAISED 'TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ BATTERY PACK BP-1A'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 TEXTURED BLACK CASING WITH BROWN, YELLOW, & BUFF KEYS/.2 BLACK FOLDER, BLACK MAGNETIC STRIPS/.3-.4 TEXTURED BLACK CASINGS,.4 WITH RED BATTERIES/ SOFT BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER CASE/ BUFF BOX
Decoration: .1 METALLIC TI LOGO,.2 & CASE STAMPED LOGO,.3 RAISED LOGO

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Texas Instruments Inc., Calculator, circa 1979, Artifact no. 1992.1390, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1390.001/

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