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Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS (Wal-Mart)

Date of introduction:	August 2004	Display technology:	LCD
New price:	$17.99	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 03 year 2004
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	China (K)
Precision:	13	Integrated circuits:
Memories:	5
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

This TI-30X IIS was manufactured by Kinpo Electronics, Inc. for the Wal-Mart sales chain. It was released for the Back-to-School 2004 campaign together with a lime-green TI-30X IIB.

Don't miss the orange TI-30X IIS sold in the Wal-Mart stores mid of 2005. Texas Instruments introduced in France end of July, 2005 the colorful TI-Collège. In 2005 Wal-Mart's biggest competitor in the U.S., retailer Target, introduced a lime-green version of the TI-30X IIS. Within a year we even got a pink edition of the TI-30X IIS.

We discovered in August 2010 a slightly different version of a purple TI-30X IIS, please focus on the color of the [2nd] key and the associated functions.

At first glance this stylish calculators seems to be identical with the original TI-30X IIS but we discovered again some minor differences to the already known versions.

Please click on the pictures below to understand the differences.

The TI-30X IIS sold by Wal-Mart gives some advertisment like "Best Selling 2-Line Display". In 2006 the design of the box was changed and added the slogan "#1 BRAND used by students - BUILT TO LAST".
The position of the Reset key differs from both known TI-30 XIIS versions. The leading "K" of the date code reveals with Kinpo Electronics, Inc., a well known contract manufacturer.
The leading SR-16 designation of this TI-30X IIS is identical with the first models released already in 1999.

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