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lake_huron OP t1_iwywqal wrote

Reply to comment by BeerNTacos in Solar calculator bought circa 1985. Needs brighter light now, otherwise works perfectly, even in hexadecimal. by lake_huron

I had this in high school which was before 1989.

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BeerNTacos t1_ixb0g5h wrote

Okay, I did a little digging around and contacting some old folks who knew people back in TI's earlier days.

The records back then are not great but it seems this model is definitely the second model, but there seems to have been some earlier models of this version made, possibly as early as 1986. Original version came out ~1985 but used the TI-35's solar cells. This version specifically used the ANYLITE SOLAR designation to differentiate between the two models. It wasn't until ~1989 that TI advertised this version. Even then, outside of this naming convention they were using the packed in 1985 materials come out like the original manual.

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