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Texas Instruments TI-1200 (Version 3, Hong Kong)
| Date of introduction: | 1976 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 5.5" x 2.8" x 1.4" 138 x 70 x 35 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 3.9 ounces, 110 grams | Serial No: | 0297877 |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 48 year 1976 |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9180 | Origin of manufacture: | Hong Kong (HK) |
| Precision: | 8 | Integrated circuits: | TMS0972 |
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| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
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Production
of the TI-1200 was eventually brought to Hong
Kong, probably to lower manufacturing costs during the Calculator
Wars.
Dismantling
the featured TI-1200 with
Date code 4876 HK and manufactured in November
1976 by Texas Instruments in Hong Kong reveals a very efficient and cost-optimized design with a
single-sided printed circuit board (PCB) centered
around a TMS0972 single-chip
calculator circuit based
on the TMS1000,
the World's first Microcomputer.
The final step of cost reduction of the
TI-1200/TI-1250 family was introduced just a
few months before its discontinuation and included a smaller encapsulation of
the TMS0972 Chip. While the original design was using a 0.6” wide 28-pin DIP (Plastic Dual In-line Package with a 0.1” / 2.54 mm lead pitch)
encapsulation,
switched the final design to a 0.4” wide 28-pin SPDIP (Shrink Plastic Dual In-line Package with a 0.07” / 1.778 mm lead pitch)
encapsulation.
Learn
more about the
evolution of the TI-1200 between March 1975 and its discontinuation in 1977.
Learn more about the different Product Labels used with the TI-1200.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, May 29, 2021. No reprints without written permission.