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Texas Instruments TI-30

Date of introduction:	1990	Display technology:	LCD
New price:		Display size:	8 (5 + 2)
Size:	5.4" x 2.8" x 0.45"
Weight:	2.4 ounces	Serial No:
Batteries:	2*LR44	Date of manufacture:	wk 22 year 1995
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	Italy
Precision:	11	Integrated circuits:	TP0456/CD4565
Memories:	1
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner
		Download manual:	(DE: 2.2M Bytes)

Just a styling variation of the original TI-30. Compare it with the original design here. Interested in educational calculators? The housing of this scientific calculator was used with the Little Professor (1985).

In 10 years of production we recognized in the meantime four different designs of the TI-30 and - just to compare - seven designs of the related TI-30 STAT:

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Year	1985	1986	1987	1990
Origin	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy
Date code	wk 28 yr 1985	wk 19 yr 1986	wk 40 yr 1986	wk 22 yr 1995
Display bezel	Type 1	Type 1	Type 1	Type 2

In the year 1993 Texas Instruments introduced a complete new TI-30X family in a smoother housing:

• TI-30X New display with 10 + 2 digits, 3 memories
• TI-30X SOLAR With Anylite solar-cells
• TI-35X Adds 2-dim statistics and hex-calculations
• TI-36X SOLAR With Anylite solar-cells

This TI-30 with the 8 digit display was manufactured till 1995 before the TI-30S and its sibbling TI-25X Solar was introduced.

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