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Texas Instruments TI-5100
| Date of introduction: | January, 1976 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | $54.95, DM
198.00 $40 (October, 1981) |
Display size: | 10 |
| Size: | 7.8" x 7.5" x 2.5" | ||
| Weight: | 1 pound 3 ounces or 2 pounds 1 ounces |
Serial No: | 9396085 |
| Batteries: | Date of manufacture: | wk 50 year 1981 | |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9171, AC9900/G | Origin of manufacture: | USA |
| Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | TMC1073 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Introduced
in parallel with the successful TI-5040 this non-printing desktop calculator had
a rather long lifespan of roughly 5 years. A similar model with a 12 digits display
was introduced one year later with the TI-5200.
The
TI-5100 was manufactured both in USA and Netherlands. The European model we
discovered uses different electronics.
The TMS1073 of the famous TMS1000
Microcomputer family calculator chip inside the TI-5100 was later used with the Toshiba BC-1015.
The differences in the weight result from an
"optional" metal plate inside the calculators to give a more stable
feedback of the keyboard entries.
About 8 years later we got the TI-5100 II with a much sleeker housing.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.