DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM
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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
Texas Instruments TI-1260
| Date of introduction: | 1976 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | DM 39.00 | Display size: | 9 |
| 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: | |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 36 year 1976 |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9180 | Origin of manufacture: | Italy |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMS0954 | |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
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With
the LADY 1200 marketing guys attacked the first time women's hand-bag. With the
colorful TI-1260 they continued in Europe this strategy.
This calculator added
to the basic 4-functions of the TI-1200 a novice supermarket shopping feature:
You enter the price-per-kilogram (yes, it's an European
calculator) of your goods and then the weight of it. The TI-1260 calculates the price
of your goods and with the [M+] key you can sum up all items of your shopping list.
The times changed, today we pay the invoice with our stack of credit cards.
Dismantling
the TI-1260 reveals a well known printed circuit board (PCB) similar to the
TI-1250 but makes use of a TMS0954 single-chip calculator circuit.
Recently at the famous calculator collection of the Heinz
Nixdorf Museums Forum (HNF) located
in Paderborn, Germany a different coloring of the frontplate was discovered.
The model of the exhibition carries a white keyplate with a blue stripe
over the [+], [−], [×], [÷], and [=] keys.
The TI-1260 could be called a rare calculator, according to Texas Instruments only about 20,000 units were manufactured.
Don't miss the Sharp EL-204 calculator, changing the 6x4 layout of the keyboard into a 5x5 matrix with an additional sqr(X) function.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.