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Lloyd Insurance calculator by Texas Instruments

Date of introduction:   Display technology:  LED-stick
New price:   Display size:  10 (8 + 2)
Size:  6.4" x 3.2" x 1.5"
 162 x 81 x 37 mm3
   
Weight:  8.5 ounces, 240 grams Serial No:  2149501
Batteries:  BP1A Date of manufacture:  wk 38 year 1978
AC-Adapter:  AC9131 Origin of manufacture:  Netherland
Precision:  13 Integrated circuits:  TMC0501E, TMC0582, TMC0583, TMC0571, 2*TMC0598 
 TMC0540 (ZA5505)
Logic:  AOS - 8 Pending Operations, 9 ()    
Memories:  0-60    
Program steps:  480-0 Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

The innovative TI-58 was the perfect base for a lot of customized calculators. This one was used end of the 70th by insurance agents of the German Lloyd company. The idea behind these products was the novelty of the Solid State Software Modules™ with up to 5000 program steps.

This software was written by the SW-engineers of the Lloyd company and programmed into the modules by Texas Instruments.

Compare it with a similar product by the insurance competition Agrippina, Allianz, LVM, Nordstern and Victoria or the CAL-Q-TAX calculator. Even the French carmaker Chrysler-Simca used the TI-58, don't miss the Chrysler Credicavia.

Another approach to customize a calculator could be found in the Goulds Pumpulator.

Dismantling this Lloyd Insurance calculator reveals a standard TI-58 calculator manufactured in Summer 1978.

Tired about insurance calculators? View the USMC HARRIER calculator!

A colorful calculator appeared with the Pool Water Analysis module.

 




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© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.