How the Texas Instruments TI-30 Calculator Took Over the World: E19/R2

Texas Instruments isn’t a calculator company, even though that is how most consumers think of the venerable electronics giant. In fact, TI mostly manufactures electronics modules for other companies’ products, and harkens back to a past steeped in US defense electronics development. Of course, TI does manufacture calculators, and none are more recognizable than the TI-30 scientific calculator. TI used the TI-30 in the mid-1970’s to dominate the nascent calculator market—a maneuver so expertly executed that it led the company to try the same thing in personal computers. Join us as we review the history of the TI-30 and how it stacked up to its competitors, and its relevance in the current smart device era.

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