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Texas Instruments PS-5400 Translator
| Date of introduction: | 1992 | Display technology: | LCD dot matrix |
| New price: | Display size: | 12 char | |
| Size: | 2.8" x 4.6" x 0.6" | ||
| Weight: | 2.8 ounces | Serial No: | 1211598 |
| Batteries: | 2*CR2025 | Date of manufacture: | mth 12 year 1992 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan | |
| Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba TMP0211F, IEC10503-03 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
PS-5400 Translator was introduced about two years after the first Pocket
Translator PS-5600. Instead the foldable housing with
a long display line a housing similar to the early Databanks, e.g. the PS-2400
was used.
The internal memory stores over 5,000 words and 940 small sentences in 15 different categories. Each word is available in five different laguanges:
 | English |
| French |
| German |
| Italian |
| Spanish |
By simply choosing a word or sentence in one of the five languages the other four languages can be displayed.
The PS-5400 integrated not only a Translator but a calculator, a clock with alarm functions and even the world-time of 23 cities.
The
hardware of the PS-5600 uses an identical microcomputer to the one found in the TI-5128
desktop calculator but added a huge memory to store all the words and
sentences.
Production of the PS-5400 started in Taiwan but was later shifted to Malaysia.
A more powerful Translator was available with the PS-5800.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, June 25, 2002. No reprints without written permission.