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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
Texas Instruments TI-30Xa Solar
| Date of introduction: | 1996 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | $11.99 | Display size: | 10 + 2 |
| Size: | 5.9" x 3.0" x 0.50" 150 x 75 x 13 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.9 ounces, 82 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | mth 02 year 1997 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China | |
| Precision: | 12 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T6M79 |
| Memories: | 3 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Texas Instruments
changed in 1996 the design of the scientific calculators
to a smoother design and replaced the original TI-30Xa
SOLAR. The family covers three members:
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TI-30Xa • TI-30Xa Solar • TI-36X Solar Includes 2-dim statistics, conversions and binary/hexadecimal number bases |
Within this family two financial calculators were introduced:
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BA Real Estate • BA-35 Solar |
The next step in this calculator line is the TI-30X IIS with a two-line display.
A more robust calculator was available short time in the housing of the TI-32 Explorer Plus as TI-30Xa SE. In 2005 Texas Instruments failed with the TI-30Xa Solar School Edition for Virginia and recalled about 160,000 calculators. Don't miss the TI-30 Xa Solar (H.K.E.A.).
This
TI-30 Xa Solar is one of the 6 calculators that were awarded with the
Blue Angle environmental label. But Texas
Instruments never decorated the calculator with the logo.
In Germany this calculator survived with that marketing concept. View the TI-30 eco RS.
Read
more about the Logarithm Bug and its
side effect on the related yx function present in this calculator.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.