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Texas Instruments TI-5130
| Date of introduction: | 1981 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | $70 (October, 1981) |
Display size: | 10 |
| Size: | 9.5" x 8.3" x 2.0" | Printer technology: | Impact |
| Weight: | 2 pounds 12 ounces | Serial No: | 135063 |
| Batteries: | Date of manufacture: | wk 20 year 1981 | |
| AC-Adapter: | 120 V | Origin of manufacture: | Japan |
| Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | Mitsubishi M58680P |
| Memories: | 1 + 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
In
opposite to the first printing models like the TI-5040 this one was produced in
Japan. The basic functions are similar, the technics inside totally different.
This calculator was available either with display or without (TI-5120). A cheaper calculator with thermal printer was introduced with the TI-5135. A sibbling to the TI-5130 with 12-digits printing capability was introduced in two steps. The first TI-5142 with a totally different styling and within month the final TI-5142.
In the year 1983 Texas Instruments changed the design line again to the "office grey" colouring schema of other office products. 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 |
About 7 years later TI introduced a paperless printer. Visit the TI-5038.
The
UL-File number E42662
of the calculator reveals it as a product manufactured by Toshiba TEC Corp.
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of all known UL-File numbers found on Texas Instruments calculators.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.