TI Museum
This gallery is something special — a true hidden gem! 💎
Here you’ll find calculators from every corner of the globe, built by a variety of manufacturers… but all powered by the beating heart of Texas Instruments chips! ⚙️❤️
It’s a fascinating mix of global design and TI tech magic — proof that innovation knows no borders.
Enjoy the journey and have tons of fun! 🌍🔢✨
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In these galleries, we’ll dive into the wonderful world of educational gadgets, playful toys, and quirky translators that helped write the history of Texas Instruments!
From talking learning aids to brainy games and futuristic language tools, TI wasn’t just about calculators — it was about sparking curiosity, fun, and imagination across generations.
So buckle up, get curious, and enjoy the ride through this retro-tech wonderland!
Have a blast! 🚀📚🧸
Educational / Toys
The Speak & Spell project was started in 1976 and created the first single-chip LPC speech synthesizer with the TMC0280. The improvements made have led to the production of speech synthesis processors such as the TMS5100, 5200 and 5220 for use in commercial products, such as the TI-99/4A.
The same technology has been used in other toys such as Speak & Read and Speak & Math, Learn, Count and Speak, the Talking Book, and the most famous Jiminy Cricket. In this exhibition you can see some of the rarest ones, from the Buddy (Germany), the Speak & Spell for the Japanese and Spanish markets, up to the 21st century Chinese clone.
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SPEAK & SPELL
Language Translator. Shortly after the invention of synthesizer technology capable of reproducing human speech with voices stored in ROM (Read-Only Memory - integrated circuits), the Language Translator was launched. This product was renamed Language Tutor in the early 1980s, and both devices were marketed simultaneously. Around the same time, a more affordable version of the Language Tutor, called Language Teacher, was introduced, which lacked a speaker.
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Games or Toys with chip Texas Instruments
In these galleries, we’ll take a trip through time to explore the iconic calculators built by Texas Instruments!
From the legendary LED models that made TI history, to the sleek LCD versions, all the way to the mighty Desktop and the quirky Overhead calculators — there's something for every enthusiast!
Get ready for a dive into glowing red digits, green displays, clicky keys, and designs straight out of the ‘70s, ‘80s, and beyond.
Have fun and… enjoy the nerdy ride! 🔍🧮✨
In this gallery we will talk about Texas Instruments watches. We start with the LED and LCD watches,to those with analog hands, given as gifts to employees or sold as gadgets.There are some booklets, where the functions of the watches are described.
Have fun !
Texas-Instruments (TI) revolutionized the digital wristwatch industry with the introduction of the first under $20 LED watch in 1976. Soon, TI produced licensed LED watches that tied in with the release of Star Wars in 1977 for only $16.95, and the price kept dropping. By the end of the decade, industry price cutting had driven several high-end digital watch manufacturers out of business. TI itself suffered from its own success—dropping profit margins forced the company to exit the watch business by 1980. By then, digital watches had become inexpensive commodity items.
In this gallery, you’ll get lost among a treasure trove of scanned images: old-school ads, quirky announcements, dusty bulletins, and vintage magazines that smell like nostalgia.
Enjoy your trip down memory lane!
Texas Instruments (TI) shook up the digital watch world in 1976 with a real market bombshell — the first LED watch priced under $20! And they didn’t stop there: the following year, they jumped on the Star Wars craze, releasing themed LED watches for just $16.95 — a treat for fans and a blow to the competition. Prices kept falling, and before long, it was a bloodbath: several high-end digital watchmakers were forced to shut down. Ironically, TI itself got crushed by its own success — with profit margins shrinking fast, they bowed out of the watch game by 1980. By then, those once-shiny digital watches had become cheap, everyday gadgets for the masses.

TEXAS Instruments, a leader in mathematics education and inventor of the integrated circuit has transformed the world over the past 60 years, he has produced the new Execulator built with renewable materials, uses no batteries, solar cells, silicon, display, completely bio-degradable.
Execulator performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even divisions. Unfortunately, the calculations with the% are not supported, but has a constant memory, remember.
The operation is simple Execulator developed for right-handed and left-handed, for the latter it takes a bit of experience.
Texas Instruments, leader nell' educazione della matematica e inventore del circuito integrato ha trasformato il mondo negli ultimi 60 anni, ha prodotto il nuovo Execulator, costruito con materiali rinnovabili, non utilizza batterie, ne celle solari, ne silicio, ne display, completamente bio-degradabile .
Execulator esegue addizione, sottrazione, moltiplicazione, e anche le divisioni. Purtroppo, i calcoli con la percentuale % non sono supportati, ma può utilizzare la memoria costante.
Il funzionamento è semplice, Execulator può essere utilizzato sia da destri che da mancini, per quest' ultimi ci vuole un pò di pratica
Lapel Pins , Gadgets , Integrated Circuit, & Transistors Texas Instruments
The Texas Instruments pin collection is a fascinating testament to the company's history and 20th-century technology culture. Often distributed as promotional items, corporate awards, or souvenirs for employees and partners, these items embody TI's visual identity and innovation over the decades. In addition to these charming objects, we've included others, such as integrated circuits still in their cases, ready to be mounted on PCBs..
🏪 SHOP
🛍️ On this page, the volunteer organization objects for sale are displayed.
💰 The proceeds will be used to support the activities of the volunteer organization.
❤️🔥 Public fundraising is increasingly recognized today as a fundamental tool to support the initiatives of associations.
📢 Here are the ads! 📦 For shipping, contact me ✉️ sending your address 🏠 for a quote 💬💶!!!
🎨 Paintings
In this section you will find reproductions in ink and acrylic on 40x60 cardboard ,
donated by the artist Lia Jonescu
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Electric Heart of Texas Instruments 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
The Birth of Digital Dreams 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
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Orbit of Digital Time 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
The Talking Chip 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
Explosion of Digital Logic 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
Math in Color 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
Calculator Dreams 80 Eur each + ask for shipping |
🎮 Cartridges TI-99/4A
🖥️ Home Computer TI-99/4A
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25 Eur + ask for shipping |
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Mini PHA 2037 V.2.0 ( Pal Scart Interface ) 90 Eur + ask for shipping |
EPROM adpater 2532 to 2732 for TI-99/4A 25 Eur + ask for shipping
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35 Eur + ask for shipping + 3d printed shell 40 Eur + ask for shipping |
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Ram Expansion 32 Kbyte with 3D printed shell 50 Eur + ask for shipping |
Final Grom 99 with 3d printed shell 90 Eur + ask for shipping
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3D printed slider to turn on the TI-99/4A 2 pcs 10 Eur + ask for shipping
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🧮 Texas Instruments Calculators
NEW BATTERY PACK BP1 ( SR-50, SR-51, SR-50A, SR51A, SR52, SR56, TI-58, TI-58C, TI-59 )
NI-MH 1800 mA 30 Eur + ask for shipping |
NEW BATTERY PACK BP7 ( TI-51-III, TI-55, TI-57, TI-42 MBA, MBA) BP8 ( SR-40, TI-15, TI-30, TI-31, TI-33, TI-41, TI-45, BA, BA1, Money Manager, Programmer BP9 ( TI-45 ) 40 Eur + ask for shipping |
NEW COVER ( TI-51-III, TI-55, TI-57, TI-42 MBA, MBA ) ( SR-40, TI-15, TI-30, TI-31, TI-33, TI-41, TI-45, BA, BA1, Money Manager, Programmer ) ( TI-45 ) 5 Eur + ask for shipping |
Stickers Grillo Parlante N. 2 stickers 10 Eur + ask for shipping |
🧮 # Texas Instruments
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Game Handheld A very simple, handheld game with a super-vintage LED display, but with modern components.
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The commercial life of the TI-99/4 was however short with the announcement of its replacement with the 99 / 4A which would then be presented at the "Consumer Electronics Show", on June 30, 1981.
In order not to disappoint its customers, Texas Instruments offered to replace the old computer / 4 with the new Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A totally free of charge but on the condition that the purchase of the / 4 had been at least 6 months before. of the release of the new model, only the shipping costs were charged to the customer.
The company T.I. tried to market the Texas Instruments TI-99/4 also in Italy and France, but due to delays, its distribution was immediately interrupted to make way for the / 4A already present in the US market. In any case, in Europe the 99/4 found no interest in the market also precisely because of the monitor alley which had a US NTSC standard and therefore problematic for European standards. Texas Instruments, strangely, never officially announced the discontinuation of the TI-99/4. In total, around 25,000 units were produced.

































































































































































































































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