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Texas Instruments TI-508

Date of introduction:  1989 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  8
Size:  4.7" x 4.1" x 1.0"
 120 x 106 x 25 mm3
   
Weight:  3.0 ounces, 86 grams Serial No:  
Batteries:  n.a. Date of manufacture:  mth 06 year 1990
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Taiwan
Precision:  8 Integrated circuits:  
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

Nevertheless the identification number TI-508 points to a handheld calculator, it could be called a "small desktop" machine. The calculator is based on the earlier TI-502.

An identical calculator was sold as TI-1795, an identification number clearly borrowed from the desktop line. 

Production of the TI-508 and its twin TI-1795 was shifted in 1991 from Taiwan to Thailand, just before the slightly redesigned TI-508 PLUS was introduced.

Don't miss the odd TI-808 and the TI-510.

 



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© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.