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Texas Instruments TI-1785

Date of introduction:  1985 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  8
Size:  2.1" x 3.4" x 0.12"
 54 x 86 x 3 mm3
   
Weight:  0.9 ounces, 28 grams Serial No:  
Batteries:  n.a. Date of manufacture:  mth 08 year 1985
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Taiwan (I)
Precision:  8 Integrated circuits:  
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Michel Zwawiak

The TI-1785, introduced together with 4 other members of the TI CARD family (TI-1783, TI-1784, TI-1786 and TI-1787), weights less than 1 ounce! It follows the TI-1780 calculator introduced about one year earlier.

A traditional sized calculator with similar dimensions was introduced with the TI-1606. A cheaper looking successor of the TI-1786 series could be found with the TI-307. Don't miss the colorful TI-1786 sold in Brazil by Mesbla.

Ten years later Texas Instruments sold with the TI-307+ still calculators with the size of a credit card. 

Don't miss the Casio FIML CARD SL-800, a real credit card sized calculator with a thickness of only 0.030".

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