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Texas Instruments TI-34
| Date of introduction: | 1996 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 10 + 2 | |
| Size: | 5.6" x 2.8" x 0.45" | ||
| Weight: | 2.4 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | mth 05 year 1998 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Malaysia | |
| Precision: | 12 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T7988 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 5.9 MByte) |
This
late TI-34 manufactured in Malaysia uses smaller solar cells compared to the
original TI-34 introduced some years earlier.
In 11 years of production we recognized in the meantime 5 different designs of the TI-34:
| Thumb nail |
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| Year | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1994 | 1996 |
| Origin | Taiwan | Taiwan | Malaysia | Italy | Malaysia |
| Date code |
mth 07 yr 1987 |
mth 09 yr 1989 |
mth 08 yr 1992 |
mth 10 yr 1994 |
mth 05 yr 1998 |
| Solar cells | Large | Large | Small | Medium | Small |
| Function keys | Red | Blue | Blue | Red | Red |
Nevertheless this TI-34 with the old design was manufactured in May 1998 - the production of its successor started already in 1996. Don't miss the more stylish TI-34 assembled in China.
Fellow collector Nowm Watts reported recently a TI-34 with the same appearance manufactured in China. Its date code T-0892 suggest Toshiba as contract manufacturer!
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, March 25, 2003. No reprints without written permission.