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Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS
| Date of introduction: | 2004 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | $17.99 (SRP 2004) $13.99 (SRP 2013) $19.95 (SRP 2020) |
Display size: | 11 characters and 10 +2 |
| Size: | 6.1" x 3.2" x 0.6" 154 x 83 x 15 mm� |
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| Weight: | 3.3 ounces, 94 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | Solar cells + CR2025 (60�A) | Date of manufacture: | mth 02 year 2004 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China (S) | |
| Precision: | 13 | Integrated circuits: | |
| Memories: | 5 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Just
a redesign of the original TI-30X IIS introduced
already in 1999.
Please
compare both calculators and notice the changes:
| � Aluminum bezel around the display to match with the basic TI-1706SV, the graphing TI-84 Plus and the financial BA II PLUS Professional. � More prominent nameplate like the TI-30XA. � Key colors changed to a serious blue in blue like the TI-82 STATS. |
To discover the internal changes between the first and second
series of the TI-30X IIS, we dismantled them and found two different printed
circuit boards (PCB):
This early TI-30X IIS with the leading SR-16 designation was manufactured by Kinpo Electronics,
Inc., a famous company located in Taiwan and doing calculator production for well established companies like Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard, Casio,
Canon and Citizen.
This redesigned TI-30X IIS
makes use of a totally different printed circuit board (PCB)
manufactured by Inventec
Shanghai.
The backside of the redesigned calculator reveals another
enhancement - a
small Reset key could be pushed with the tip of a paper clip.
From much higher
interest is the position of the Reset key - it differs between models purchased
in Canada and another one from the German market. Find more details about the TI-30X
IIS manufactured by Nam
Tai Electronics, Inc..
Recently we discovered the latest model of the TI-30X IIS in a wonderful purple
case manufactured by Kinpo Electronics, Inc. - get some pictures here.
More colors were available in 2007 from the retailer Target and the office
products supplier Office Depot. Don't miss the lime-green TI-30X
IIS and the pink TI-30X IIS.
Don't miss the redesigned TI-30X IIB, TI-34 II, TI-36X II, TI-40 Coll�ge II, and BA II PLUS.
Texas Instruments complemented both the TI-30X IIB and TI-30X IIS with the next generation scientific calculators TI-30XB MultiView resp. TI-30XS MultiView in 2007. The successor of the TI-34 II was announced May 9, 2007, too but the TI-34 MultiView didn't hit the stores together with its siblings.
Stokes Publishing Company, Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California sold a companion for the teacher, view the wonderful TI-30X II Overhead Calculator.
In November 2024 the design of the TI-30X IIS was slightly changed - twenty-five years after its introduction.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
� Joerg Woerner, April 30, 2004. No reprints without written permission.