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Texas Instruments TI-1020
| Date of introduction: | 1982 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 5.5" x 2.8" x 0.7" | ||
| Weight: | 3.1 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 2*AA | Date of manufacture: | mth 02 year 1982 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan | |
| Precision: | 8 | Integrated circuits: | Sharp LI3009 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
We
wrote the year 1982 when Texas Instruments discovered the lower labour costs of
Taiwan, R.O.C. compared to US or Europe. Up to 1982 most calculators of Texas
Instruments were produced either in US or Italy and some early LCD models like
the TI-1768 in Japan. Together with the TI-1020 and
its sibbling TI-1015 some more calculators like the TI-15,
TI-21 or the TI-501 manufactured in Taiwan
were introduced.
The electronic inside the TI-1020 is very unusual for a Texas
Instruments calculator - a chip manufactured by competitor Sharp. The
designation TI-1020 forces this calculator to the Basic section, actually it
features the xn-function not found on some scientific calculators !
Like the TI-1015 two colours appeared, this brown model and a
grey one. View it here.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.