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Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS

Date of introduction:	2004	Display technology:	LCD
New price:	$17.99 (SRP 2004) $13.99 (SRP 2013) $19.95 (SRP 2020)	Display size:	11 characters and 10 +2
Size:	6.1" x 3.2" x 0.6" 154 x 83 x 15 mm³
Weight:	3.3 ounces, 94 grams	Serial No:
Batteries:	Solar cells + CR2025 (60µA)	Date of manufacture:	mth 02 year 2004
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	China (S)
Precision:	13	Integrated circuits:
Memories:	5
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

Just a redesign of the original TI-30X IIS introduced already in 1999.

Please compare both calculators and notice the changes:

• Aluminum bezel around the display to match with the
basic TI-1706SV, the graphing TI-84 Plus and the
financial BA II PLUS Professional.
• More prominent nameplate like the TI-30XA.
• Key colors changed to a serious blue in blue like the TI-82 STATS.

To discover the real changes between the first and second series of the TI-30X IIS we dismantled them and found two different printed circuit boards (PCB):

This early TI-30X IIS with the leading SR-16 designation was manufactured by Kinpo Electronics, Inc., a famous company located in Taiwan and doing calculator production for well established companies like Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard, Casio, Canon and Citizen.
This redesigned TI-30X IIS makes use of a totally different printed circuit board (PCB) manufactured by Inventec Shanghai.

The backside of the redesigned calculator reveals another enhancement - a small Reset key could be pushed with the tip of a paper clip.

From much higher interest is the position of the Reset key - it differs between models purchased in Canada and another one from the German market. Find more details about the TI-30X IIS manufactured by Nam Tai Electronics, Inc..
Recently we discovered the latest model of the TI-30X IIS in a wonderful purple case manufactured by Kinpo Electronics, Inc. - get some pictures here. More colors were available in 2007 from the retailer Target and the office products supplier Office Depot. Don't miss the lime-green TI-30X IIS and the pink TI-30X IIS.

Don't miss the redesigned TI-30X IIB, TI-34 II, TI-36X II, TI-40 Collège II, and BA II PLUS.

Texas Instruments complemented both the TI-30X IIB and TI-30X IIS with the next generation scientific calculators TI-30XB MultiView resp. TI-30XS MultiView in 2007. The successor of the TI-34 II was announced May 9, 2007, too but the TI-34 MultiView didn't hit the stores together with its siblings.

Stokes Publishing Company, Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California sold a companion for the teacher, view the wonderful TI-30X II Overhead Calculator.

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