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Texas Instruments TI-308 Elle
| Date of introduction: | 1988 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 4.5" x 2.6" x 0.4" | ||
| Weight: | 1.3 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | LR1130 | Date of manufacture: | mth 02 year 1988 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan (C) | |
| Precision: | 8 | Integrated circuits: | |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
rare TI-308 Elle was introduced together with its three sibling TI-305,
TI-306 and TI-307.
All four calculators
share a similar design with a valuable "look and feel".
Dismantling
a TI-308 Elle reveals an identical printed circuit board (PCB) with the TI-305,
the only differences are some removed keys. If you know that the TI-308 Elle was
designed to attack women's handbag and TI's engineers omitted both the Memory and
the [+/-] keys you may ask yourself...
Don't miss the wonderful TI-309 Nuance introducing a real eye catcher.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, April 11, 2005. No reprints without written permission.