DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM
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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
Texas Instruments Business Analyst-II
| Date of introduction: | August, 1978 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | $40 (October, 1981) |
Display size: | 8 (5 + 2) |
| Size: | 5.1" x 2.8" x 0.28" | ||
| Weight: | 3.0 ounces | Serial No: | 1237196 |
| Batteries: | 2*LR44 | Date of manufacture: | wk 10 year 1980 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | 11 | Integrated circuits: | TP0322 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 5.111 kB) |
Within
the Majestic series Texas Instruments started with the Business
Analyst to introduce always a financial counterpart to the scientific
calculator. The Business Analyst-II continued this approach, compare it with the
TI-50.
An identical calculator was sold in Europe under the model type TI-44.
Compare this calculator with the TI Investment Analyst and the simpler BA-35 Student Analyst.
Manufacturing cost of the slimline models was not too high,
the whole calculator uses one flexible printed circuit board (Flex-PCB) with the integrated
circuit and a LCD-module. You won't find any soldering or usage of screws within
the calculator.
Simply by comparing the designation of the integrated
circuits of the calculators you'll get the first members of the slimline family:
In 1984 the era of the slimline calculators was over and Texas Instruments introduced a family of three calculators manufactured in Taiwan:
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It took 8 years before the first TI financial calculator based on a Toshiba calculator chip appeared with the BA-SOLAR. Difficult to understand if you compare this Business Analyst-II with the Canon Financial calculator.
Don't miss the rare Business Card, probably the missing calculator using one of the TP032x chips.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.
