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Texas Instruments TI-30-II
| Date of introduction: | 1982 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | $18 (October 1981) |
Display size: | 8 (5 + 2) |
| Size: | 5.3" x 2.9" x
0.35" 134 x 74 x 9 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.9 ounces, 82 grams | Serial No: | 9857529 |
| Batteries: | 2*LR44 | Date of manufacture: | wk 48 year 1983 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | 11 | Integrated circuits: | CD4565N or CD4565N2 |
| Memories: | 1 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 6.4 MByte) |
This
TI-30-II is much more common than the first edition introduced already in 1981.
Please compare them here.
Using the electronics of the European TI-30
LCD and the two shell housing of the TI-35 created this
TI-30-II.
We noticed already with the TI-30 LCD a change from the original TP0320
single-chip calculator circuit to the more advanced CD4565 around 1982. Same
story happened with this TI-30-II featuring the enhanced
C-MOS calculator chips CD4565.
Two years later this model was replaced with the TI-30 III.
If you are interested in the calculating accuracy of scientific calculators don't miss the Calculator forensics.
In the same year a desktop variant of the TI-30 appeared, don't miss the rare TI-30 D.
Compare the TI-30-II with the Taiwan-built TI-21 calculator.
In 1984 the era of the slimline calculators was over and Texas Instruments introduced a family of three calculators manufactured in Taiwan:
 | TI-30 III |
| TI-35 II |
| BA II |
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.