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Texas Instruments TI-5200

Date of introduction:  January 1977 Display technology:  Fluorescent
New price:  £49.95, DM 198.00
 $60 (October, 1981)
Display size:  12
Size:  7.8" x 7.5" x 2.5"    
Weight:  1 pound 3 ounces or 2 pounds 1 ounces Serial No:  7228958
Batteries:   Date of manufacture:  wk 33 year 1978
AC-Adapter:  AC9171, AC9900/G Origin of manufacture:  USA
Precision:  12 Integrated circuits:  TMC1278
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

This calculator was introduced one year after the TI-5100 and features 12 digits of display size instead of 10 digits.

TI-5200_USA_PCB.jpg (131235 Byte)Dismantling the TI-5200 reveals a similar printed circuit board (PCB) like the TI-5100. Main difference is the 40-pin TMC1278 instead the 28-pin TMC1073 of the famous TMS1000 Microcomputer family. The reason is found in the necessary lines to drive the 12-digit Fluorescent display.

The differences in the weight result from an "optional" metal plate inside the calculators to give a more stable feedback of the keyboard entries.

About 6 years after the introduction of this TI-5200 its successor TI-5200 II hit the market.



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