DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM
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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
Texas Instruments PS-2400
| Date of introduction: | 1992 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 12 char + 12 digits | |
| Size: | 2.8" x 4.6" x 0.5" | ||
| Weight: | 2.7 ounces | Serial No: | 0001267 |
| Batteries: | CR2025 | Date of manufacture: | mth 10 year 1994 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Malaysia | |
| Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba TMP0620H |
| Memories: | 2kB RAM | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 1.829 kB) |
The
PS-2400 Databank stores 125 names and numbers in a 2k Byte memory.
The PS-2400 Databank features 4 useful functions:
 | The Telephone Directory stores names and telephone numbers |
| The Scheduler stores appointments, meeting times an dreminders |
| A flexible clock with 12-hour AM/PM or 24-hour time showing day of week |
| A calculator with 10-digits display capacity |
The display of the PS-2400 consists of one line for alphanumeric characters and one line supporting only numbers. The PS-2100 packaged the same specifications in a credit card sized housing. A more powerful Databank was introduced in the same year with the PS-3600. A similar housing was used even for a Translator, don't miss the PS-5400.
The PS-2400 roots back to the Mini Data Bank introduced in the year 1987. This powerful Databank stores 150 names and numbers in a single-chip microcontroller ! The same chip scans the keyboard and drived the dot-matrix keyboard. Any ideas about other products with this hardware ? Don't miss the Galaxy 67 !
Based on the PS-2400 in the year 1995 a new line of Databanks appeared: The compact PS-2000 and PS-2100+ and the similar sized PS-2400+.
The PS-3010 uses a full QWERTY keyboard in a housing with the size of a credit card.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, February 3, 2002. No reprints without written permission.