Who bought the TI-88?

[Howard Owen]

For $3010.00!

[Harald]

And more interestingly, how rare is the TI-88? That is quite a lot of money for a calculator. And that comes from someone who frequently gets told he is nuts for spending too much money on calculators ;)

[Howard Owen]

According to Joerg's page about the TI-88 there are only six units known to have survived. I now open the floor to TI durability jokes. :)

[Walter B]

Quote:

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I now open the floor to TI durability jokes. :)

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:-)

[Joerg Woerner]

To be correct:

Most of the TI-88 owners don't want their names mentioned on my website. Think about former TI employees - the TI-88 calculators were officially "destroyed" ;-))

My guess so far: 20 to 50 out in the wild.

Cheers, Joerg

[Dominic Richens]

that's more than I paid for the last car I bought!

[John W Kercheval]

I drive a Rolls-Royce. So no issue with calc. prices.

The most $$ calc auction I saw was for a no-name thing code named: "Gonkulator."

Built by a custom mfr, it went for only a bit more than the TI-88. I recall about 3200-3250. About three years ago.

Impressed with the TI price. Anybody want to buy my mint 58C with docking station? :)

[bill platt]

I drive a Bugatti Veyron and I still wouldn't pay that much for Ti-itis...

[Fred Lusk]

I drive my wife crazy, does that count? BTW, I would never allow a TI in my home. :-)

[John W Kercheval]

Agreed, TIs knock on my door all the time. I just do not let them in....

[Paulo MO]

Yes, it counts. That is why it also requires a license (at least, so they say).
P

[bill platt]

Marriage License! Of course!

[John W Kercheval]

Bill:

Agreed. I would pay a lot for something unique and usable. But the TI, just not my style...

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

I drive a small red car with a horse*. Yet I wouldn't buy that TI either. However I would pay up to 1/88th of that price for a working and good-looking TI-58C or TI-59.

^{* Many horses actually. 92 of them to be exact! :-)}

[John W Kercheval]

I can offer a near-mint 58C with docking station for 10,000 USD.

[Nick R]

A Type I Curta sold for $3400 about nine years ago, but that was after an article in Scientific American created a sudden interest in those calculators.

[John W Kercheval]

ANNOUNCED: Donald Trump bought the machine. Now called the "Trump Calculator."

[Jeff Dinkins]

Trumpulator?

Edited: 7 May 2012, 3:48 p.m.

[John W Kercheval]

Great!

[David Ramsey]

More than I paid for my SR-60, although not more than I paid for my Atherton-restored 9100B...

[Walter B]

Gosh! :-O

[Joerg Woerner]

David,

TI manufactured thousands and thousands of SR-60 and not all were upgraded to SR-60A. The TI-88 is something very special, I saw recently all the peripherals like printer, cassette interface etc. Only few calculator projects of this size were cancelled at such a late stage.

Regards, Joerg