Accession No

4529.241

Brief Description

Spelling B electronic pocket learning aid in case, by Texas Instruments, Salvadoran, 1978 (c)

Origin

El Salvador

Maker

Texas Instruments

Class

computer technology; games

Earliest Date

1978

Latest Date

1982

Inscription Date

Material

Plastic

Dimensions

Length 167mm; width 126mm; thickness 40mm

Special Collection

Francis Hookham Collection of Hand Held Electronic Calculators

Provenance

Donated by Francis Hookham in 1987. Donated to Francis Hookham on 01/02/1982 by Texas Instruments.

Inscription

[Texas Instruments logo] “Texas Instruments” (front of learning aid, top left)
“Spelling
Bt” (front of aid, centre)
[Texas Instruments logo] (inside case, on spine)

Description Notes

Yellow Texas Instruments Spelling B in yellow case.

8-digit alphanumeric green fluorescent display.
Panel on rear of aid gives model details and patent numbers. It features a series of word games. The aid is attached to the case by two velcro strips and the case closes with a velcro attachment. The case opens as a book, and is decorated on the outside with words and pictures.

Keys are short-travel, quite heavy to the touch, rock backwards on depression to give a low, hollow click (S Davis 20/8/2007

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