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Texas Instruments PS-5600 Translator
| Date of introduction: | 1991 | Display technology: | LCD dot matrix |
| New price: | Display size: | 31 char | |
| Size: | 2.8" x 6.2" x 0.7" | ||
| Weight: | 7.5 ounces | Serial No: | 0003729 |
| Batteries: | 2*AAA + CR2016 | Date of manufacture: | mth 08 year 1991 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan | |
| Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T9989A, LH532, LH5160, 2*Display driver |
| Memories: | 5k Byte | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Texas
Instruments introduced already in the year 1990 this powerful multi-language
Translator with integrated Databank feature.
The internal memory stores about 3,000 words and 1,000 small sentences in 13 different categories:
 | General Greetings |
| Travel, Customs |
| Hotel |
| Restaurant |
| Sightseeing |
| Shopping |
| Entertainment |
| Communication |
| Medical, Emergency |
| Banking, Professions |
| Beauty, Health Care |
| Sports |
| Automotive |
Each word is available in six different laguanges: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. By simply choosing a word or sentence in one of the six languages the other five languages could be displayed.
The Translator also functions as a versatile Databank with 5k Byte of memory to hold up to 250 names, addresses and phone numbers. Other useful features include currebcy - metric converter and 10-digit calculator.
If you are not familiar with the Integrated Circuits fonud in the PS-5600, the Sharp LH532 is a 512k Byte ROM, the LH5160 a 8k Byte RAM.
The next three years brought us two additional Translators, the smaller PS-5400 and the powerful PS-5800.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, February 17, 2002. No reprints without written permission.