Texas Instruments TI-30 GALAXY

Description

Brand:	Texas Instruments
Model:	TI-30 GALAXY
Type:	Scientific calculator
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Batteries:	A76 x 2
Lifetime:	Introduced: 1984 Terminated: unknown
Notes:	The TI-30 series started with the TI-30, an ordinary scientific LED calculator. But Texas Instruments kept extending this line, turning it not into just a model number but a whole calculator series. Trying to make it the non-programmable scientific calculator for school use. So far I’ve found mention of the following types (probably incomplete): TI-30 TI-30 LCD TI-30 II TI-30 III TI-30 SLR TI-30 D TI-30 SCIENTIFIC TI-30 SLR TI-30 SLR+ TI-30 STAT TI-30 Challenger (Solar) TI-30 GALAXY (this one) TI-30 GALAXY SLR TI-30 SOLAR TI-30 S TI-30X TI-30X Pro TI-30Xa TI-30Xa/SE TI-30X Solar TI-30Xa Solar TI-30XB TI-30XS TI-30XII TI-30XIIB TI-30XIIS TI-30 ECO RS TI-30 SR 50 Functionally quite close to the original TI-30 but for the addition of statistical functions. The layout of this calculator is quite distinct, and the keys are conveniently large. It comes in two colours, dark and light. The display of my light version didn’t scan quite as well as I hoped it would. In real life it looks pristine, some shadow play makes it look bad. Personally I really like its technical sci-fi like look.