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Texas Instruments TI-5128

Date of introduction:  1990 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  12 + 4 lines * 12
Size:  8.7" x 7.5" x 2.5"    
Weight:  1 pound 2 ounces Serial No:  1201572
Batteries:  3*AA Date of manufacture:  mth 12 year 1991
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Taiwan
Precision:  12 Integrated circuits:  Toshiba T6A29, TMP0211F-5117
Memories:  2 + 99 lines    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

The TI-5128 continued a revolutionary concept introduced with the TI-2800 Paperless Printer and the TI-5038: The paperless printer! The calculator works like the known printing desktops e.g. the TI-5130. All calculations are done on the main display. Instead the usual printout on a paper the results are scrolled through a secondary display with 4 lines. A maximum of 99 lines could be stored and scrolled up and down with the arrow keys.

With the shift of the production from Taiwan to Malaysia the TI-5128 got a new name and new colors. Don't miss the TI-5048.

Later similar calculators with smaller housings like the TI-5028 appeared.

Don't miss the PS-5400 Translator using the same TMP0211 microcomputer with an external ROM.



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If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.

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