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Texas Instruments TI-40 Collège
| Date of introduction: | 1997 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 10 (6+2) | |
| Size: | 5.6" x 2.8" x 0.45" | ||
| Weight: | 2.4 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 2*LR44 | Date of manufacture: | mth 06 year 1997 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China (N) | |
| Precision: | 12 | Integrated circuits: | |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
French TI-40 Collège is very similar to the
TI-32 Explorer Plus sold in US but lacks the solar cells. The housing itself
is unique within the scientific line, the TI-40 Collège
combines the keyboard arrangement of the
TI-32 Explorer Plus with the shape of the TI-30Xa Solar.
Dismantling
this calculator manufactured by Nam
Tai Electronics, Inc. in June 1997 reveals a typical "far-east" design with a single-chip
calculator circuit in COB-technology.
In 1999 Texas Instruments introduced a complete line of
advanced two-line calculators and once again France got an unique model sporting
the "French fractions", don't
miss the TI-40 Collège II.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, June 29, 2003. No reprints without written permission.