DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM
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Texas Instruments TI-1450
| Date of introduction: | 1976 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | $16.00 | 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: | B 0200218 |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 48 year 1976 |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9180 | Origin of manufacture: | USA (LTA) |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMS0972 | |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
TI-1450 differed slightly from the TI-1250 introduced roughly one year earlier.
The brown housing together with the more valuable keyplate design made this
calculator desirable for the manager desk.
Under the hood the TI-1450 is identical with the TI-1250, the
unusual [CS] key was renamed to [+/-]. Don't miss the similar TI-1400.
Dismantling
the featured TI-1450 with
Date code 4876 LTA and manufactured in
December 1976
in Lubbock, Texas 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-1250 between
June 1975 and its discontinuation in 1977.
Learn more about the different
Product Labels used with the TI-1250
- here at the Datamath Calculator Museum we classify the featured TI-1450 as
Hardware Version 3, PCB Type 2 and Product Label Style 4, B-Series.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.