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Texas Instruments TI Money Manager
| Date of introduction: | January 23, 1977 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | $26.95 | Display size: | 8 (5 + 2) |
| Size: | 5.8" x 3.1" x
1.4" 148 x 78 x 36 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 4.0 ounces, 114 grams | Serial No: | 1209048 |
| Batteries: | 9V or RK1 | Date of manufacture: | wk 01 year 1977 |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9132 | Origin of manufacture: | USA (LTA) |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMC0982 | |
| Logic: | AOS - 4 Pending Operations, 15 () | ||
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
Money Manager addressed home finance calculations but was nothing else than a
Business Analyst in the housing of a TI-30. It lacked the Battery Pack and the
nice, colorful keys to give a selling price of just half of a Business Analyst.
Battery consumption of the Money Manager was horrible, marketing guys
from TI invented the after market sales of "Rechargable Kits" RK2. They used two AA-cells and a
step-up converter to generate the 9V of the calculator.
In Europe the Money Manager was marketed under the TI-31
name.
Please don't miss the Money Manager manufactured in Brazil with a different colored housing and a very uncommon calculator chip inside.
From
a technical point of view the Money Manager is identical with the Business
Analyst, even the single-chip calculator circuit is the well known
TMC0982.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.