Texas Instruments
Calculators, Home Computers
Models
Calculators
- Dataman — The name 'Dataman' appears with unsettling frequency across 1980s computing literature, yet resists a single definition.
- Little Professor — The Little Professor presented users with sequences of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems, adjusting difficulty through unspecified levels.
- Speak & Spell — The Speak & Spell distinguished itself from contemporary electronic toys not by imitating a computer, but by focusing entirely on one well-defined purpose: spoken…
- SR-52 — The SR-52 arrived on September 16, 1975, exactly twenty months after Hewlett-Packard’s HP-65 launch, and was immediately framed as Texas Instruments’ latest entry in a line…
- TI Business Analyst — Texas Instruments TI Business Analyst financial calculator series, introduced 1976. Original model poorly documented; BA II Plus from 1991 is the well-known variant with 10-digit LCD and time-value-of…
- TI-30 — Texas Instruments TI-30 scientific calculator, introduced 1976 at $24.95 with 8-digit red LED display and TMC0981 chip. A legendary, widely-sold educational model.
- TI-59 — The TI-59 stood as the most capable handheld calculator in Texas Instruments’ programmable series at its projected availability in June 1977, offering the highest capacity…
- TI-83 Plus — The TI-83 Plus distinguishes itself from earlier fixed-ROM calculators by supporting application software stored in flash memory, a feature accessed through the APPLICATIONS…