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Texas Instruments TI-5020

Date of introduction:  1983 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  10
Size:  7.5" x 5.1" x 1.7"    
Weight:  8.5 ounces Serial No:  597403
Batteries:  n.a. Date of manufacture:  mth 04 year 1984
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Japan
Precision:  10 Integrated circuits:  Toshiba T6897
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner
Download leaflet:   (US: 0.7 MByte) Download manual:   (US: 4.3 MByte)

The TI-5020 was introduced in 1983 and and got the then new grey-blue design.  

The desktop line then covered 6 different calculators:

TI-5008    Pocket-sized, thermal printing
TI-5010    Small-sized, standard paper
TI-5032    Desktop-sized, battery option
TI-5130    10-digits, standard paper
TI-5142-III 12-digits, standard paper
TI-5020    Non-printing, solar powered

In the same timeframe a similar housing was used with the TI-5100 II. In 1988 the TI-5021 introduced a 12-digit display and included even a clock module.

The TI-5022 sports a 12-digit display in an otherwise identical housing.

The plastic material used for the housing of the TI-5020 is very sensitive to direct sun exposure. Find a picture of a heavily used calculator. 



The TI-5020 is featured in the Texas Instruments Incorporated bulletin CL-823A dated 1985.

 

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© Joerg Woerner, December 7, 2002. No reprints without written permission.