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Texas Instruments MASTER LIBRARY-01 Solid State Software Module

Date of introduction:  Never
 (Announced: May 1982)
Display technology:  
New price:  MSRP: $40.00 Display size:  
Size:  1.3" x 1.25" x 0.55"
 33 x 32 x 14 mm3
   
Weight:  0.25 ounces, 7 grams Serial No:  
Batteries:  n.a. Date of manufacture:  wk 33 year 1982
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  USA (ATA)
Precision:   Integrated circuits:  TP0532 (CD5403)
Memories:      
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

The MASTER LIBRARY-01 Solid State Software Module was developed by Texas Instruments for its TI-88 Programmable calculator system.

The Master Library, known as "Module -1-", featuring 12 different programs in three languages (English/French/German) was included with the TI-88. These programs cover a broad range of interests and provide an overview of the calculator's capabilities:

PGM 1: Table of Contents (Alphanumeric reference)
PGM 2: Diagnostic (Internal and installed memory, and display)
PGM 3: Finance (Compound interest, annuities, amortization)
PGM 4: Moving Averages
PGM 5: Root Finder (Real roots of functions, bisection method)
PGM 6: Numeric Integration (Romberg method)
PGM 7: Matrices (9x9 with internal memory, 15x15 with CRAM installed)
PGM 8: Linear Regression (Up to 9 predictors, 13 with CRAM installed)
PGM 9: Random Number Generator (Uniformly or normally distributed)
PGM 10: Codebreaker (Guess 4 digit number)
PGM 11: Sorting (Numeric lists)
PGM 12: Function Evaluator (Printing plots with the PC-800 printer)

Don't miss earlier versions of the MASTER LIBRARY-01 Modules included with TI-88 calculators from the DVT (Design Validation Test) and EVT (Engineering Validation Test) builds.

Dismantling this Solid State Software Module (© 1982) manufactured in August 1982 by Texas Instruments in their Abilene, Texas facility reveals a printed circuit board (PCB) to accommodate up to two TP0531/TP0532 Memory Chips. The PCB is populated with one TP0532 Read Only Memory (ROM) with with a capacity of 120,000 Bits organized as 15,000 Bytes and programmed with Custom Software CD5403 in Revision C.

 

 



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