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TI-92 Expansion Port

 

TI-92_1.jpg (79081 Byte)The TI-92 introduced early in 1996 featured a small Expansion Port on the backside of its housing. With the complete address- and data-bus of the M68000 compatible CPU available, upgrades of both the Operating System and user memory capacity were made easy.

TI-92 E module

TI-92_EPCB.jpg (20355 Byte)TI-92_E.jpg (9686 Byte)The TI-92 E module was introduced early in 1996 and added the choice of 5 user languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) and an additional 128k User memory. The printed circuit board (PCB) of the module contains only two integrated circuits: 

ROM: IEC98959-96081
RAM: 128k*8 TC551001B

 

TI-92 II module

TI-92-II_Module_PCB.jpg (24687 Byte)TI-92-II_Module.jpg (12175 Byte)The TI-92 II module was introduced early in 1996 and added the choice of 5 user languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) and an additional 128k User memory. The printed circuit board (PCB) of the module contains only two main integrated circuits: 

Flash-ROM: 2M*8 LH28F016S
RAM: 128k*8 TC551001B

 

TI-92 Plus module

TI-92_PlusModule.jpg (24195 Byte)TI-92_E1.jpg (11921 Byte)The TI-92 Plus module was announced November 7, 1997 but available mid-1998 for about $75. It boosted the TI-92 with the enhanced Flash-technology into an user-upgradable calculator. Compared with the pre-programmed Operating Systems of both the TI-92 and TI-92 II the Flash-memory of the TI-92 Plus module could be re-programmed by the user with a simple download cable connected to a personal computer. The printed circuit board (PCB) of the module contains two main integrated circuits: 

Flash-ROM: 2M*8 LH28F016S
RAM: 128k*8 TC551001B

It took another year before the real TI-92 Plus calculator was introduced.

 

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