Retro Review: Texas Instruments Financial Investment FIA-10
Possibly a predecessor to the well known BA-II Plus, the FIA-10 introduced financial worksheets for various financial applications.
Quick Facts
Model: FIA-10
Company: Texas Instruments
Years: 1988 - 1990
Type: Finance
Batteries: 1 x CR-2032
Operating Modes: Chain
Number of Registers: 10
Display: large display, 5 lines for variables, 1 line for calculations
A Collector's Calculator
The FIA-10 is a collector's calculator! The FIA-10 is a financial calculator has a large screen with five soft keys located to the right side of the screen. There is a sixth button, Compute, is used to solve for variables.
The FIA-10 has ten worksheets. Each worksheet has up to four columns, in which each column can have a separate list of data.
1. Time Value of Money/Amortization: 4 columns
2. Cash Flow including net present value, net future value, internal rate of return: 2 columns
3. Bond Calculations: yields and prices: 4 columns
4. Depreciation: including straight line, sum of the year's digits, declining balance: 1 column
5. Statistics with Linear Regression: 1 column
6. Interest Conversions between APR and EFF/NOM: 1 column
7. Percent Change: 1 column
8. Profit: cost vs. selling price vs. margin: 1 column
9. Date Calculation: for dates from October 15, 1982 to February 28, 4000: 1 column
10. Memory: up to ten memory registers R0- R9 can be seen in this worksheet: 1 column
Storage arithmetic is allowed (STO+, STO-, STO×, STO÷, STO^). Any variable can be recalled by using the [ RCL ] key.
In short, this rare calculator is worth collecting. If you are familiar with the BA II Plus, the FIA-10 will be easy to work with.
Eddie
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