Talk:TI-30

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[edit] Price / name

This article says that this calculator's name is because it costs $30, but at Talk:TI-89 Titanium it says that TI follows no set method for naming its calculators. Which is correct?? 66.245.119.12 23:20, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Generally, TI calcs follow a naming scheme based on the decades of numbers and the calc's features.
TI-x = 4-function
TI-1x = "
TI-2x = not used
TI-3x = scientific
TI-4x = not used
TI-5x = programmable scientific
TI-6x = "
TI-7x = basic graphing
TI-8x = graphing
TI-9x = advanced graphing w/qwerty keyboard
Cchan199206 28 June 2005 14:55 (UTC)

I did some fact checking, and I cannot find verification for the price argument. It seems the SRP was actually $24.95. Several web sites discussed the $30 price point as a 'rumor.' Some pages of interest: [[1]] [[2]]. I'll update the page to reflect this. --Virnas 19:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Edit became a fairly substantial update. ----Virnas 20:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parentheses

I thought that parentheses came on the TI-50 or TI-52, which IIRC predate the TI-30 (although since I'm one of those die-hard RPN freaks, my memory could be wrong.) htom 20:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Geek pouch"

Although I can't verify it, I recall the TI-30 was also the first calculator for which a belt pouch was available. In my 1970s high school, it became de rigeur for the geeks to wear their calculator on their belt. (I would have been one of them, but I got a TI-25 LCD, with slightly more advanced functionality, which fit in my shirt pocket.) -Amatulic 23:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)