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Texas Instruments SC-10
Date of introduction: | 1988 | Display technology: | LCD |
New price: | $60.00 (SRP 1988) | Display size: | 10 + 2 |
Size: | 5.7" x 6.1" x 0.40" 146 x 155 x 10 mm3 |
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Weight: | 5.5 ounces, 155 grams | Serial No: | 4849 |
Batteries: | 2*LR44 | Date of manufacture: | mth 01 year 1988 |
AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan (I) | |
Precision: | 10 | Integrated circuits: | |
Memories: | 5 | ||
Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
Download manuals: |
(US: 12.1 MByte) (US-QR: 0.2 MByte) |
The SC-10, a.k.a. Collegiate, doesn't look like a calculator developed by Texas Instruments.
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.
Dismantling
this SC-10 calculator manufactured in January 1988 by
Inventec Corporation in
Taiwan reveals a well-engineered design centered around an unknown Toshiba
single-chip calculator circuit soldered on a double-sided printed circuit board
(PCB) and connected with two flexible connectors to a second PCB for the
additional keys.
Running
Mike Sebastian's "Calculator forensics"
shows a pretty common result of 8.99999863704 - proving
Toshiba as supplier of the chip.
Inspecting
the PCB of this SC-10 calculator brought our attention to a small mark reading
IOSC10-21B, we noticed similar marks already with other calculators manufactured by
Inventec Corporation and started compiling a list of the
PCB-Marks on calculators manufactured by OEMs for Texas Instruments.
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.