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Texas Instruments TI-1895 II

Date of introduction:	1990	Display technology:	LCD
New price:		Display size:	8
Size:	4.4" x 2.6" x 0.30" 113 x 67 x 8 mm³
Weight:	1.8 ounces, 52 grams	Serial No:
Batteries:	n.a.	Date of manufacture:	mth 02 year 1994
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	Thailand (C)
Precision:	8	Integrated circuits:
Memories:	1
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner
		Download manual:	(US: 5.3 MByte)

Production of the original TI-1895 II introduced in 1986 moved eventually from Taiwan to Thailand.

Dismantling this TI-1895 II manufactured in 1994 reveals a typical design of a Far East contract manufacturer. The printed circuit board (PCB) itself doesn't carry any hint to the company behind the product but we identify Cal-Comp Electronics from the date code on the backside of the calculator.

Inspecting the PCB of this TI-1895 II calculator brought our attention to a small mark reading S39A-12, we spotted this mark already with the Radio Shack EC-318 and a similar PCB-Mark reading S32B-II 1K with the TI-108. We discovered recently a TI-1895 II with the date code C-1186A from the first production run and consequently sporting a S39A-11 mark. We started compiling a list of the PCB-Marks on calculators manufactured by OEMs for Texas Instruments.

If you are interested in really powerful metric conversion calculators, look for either the Canon FC-80 or the TI-1890.

If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.