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Texas Instruments SC-10 Collegiate

Date of introduction:  1989 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  10 + 2
Size:  5.7" x 3.1" x 0.8"    
Weight:  5.7 ounces Serial No:  4849
Batteries:  LR43*2 Date of manufacture:  mth 01 year 1988
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Taiwan
Precision:  10 Integrated circuits:  
Memories:  5    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner
    Download manuals:   (US: 12.089 kB)
 
(US-QR: 197 kB)

The SC-10 doesn't look like a calculator developed by Texas Instruments.

SC10_1.jpg (82809 Byte)The calculator uses a remarkable foldable keyboard with two different function layers.  You can either view the 15 built-in constants and 30 English-Metric conversions or the Two-variable statistics.


SC-10_1.jpg (238727 Byte)Even the internal construction of the calculator keeps the secret of the manufacturer. 
Running Mike Sebastian's "Calculator forensics" gives a common result of
8.99999 863704. We know this number from a lot of Toshiba calculator chips.

 

A very similar calculator was sold under the label of Radio Shack. Compare the SC-10 with the EC-4025 and explore the battery access of the calculators.

Don't miss the Personal Banker, one of the best calculators developed ever.

Interested in foldable calculators ? Canon introduced already in 1980 with the Canon card F-72 a remarkable product.


If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.

© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.