Sadly, I suspect this not to be the case. Otherwise why not allow all older versions of the casio fx85ms which have the same functionality or less.
It sounds like this has been introduced purely for the invigilators to check more easily which calculator you have and if it's allowed, hence the small list.
Personally, I don't see what the (profession's) big fuss is about. Unless your calculator has a big databank (which is expressly forbidden), then there's not much advantage to be gained over using any specific calculator. Otherwise everyone would use the same one! Admittedly there're some calculators which allow you to save some time, eg. normal function rather than looking up in tables. But I imagine this is limited to the earlier CTs. You still have to show appropriate working and that you know what you're doing, even if the answer pops out of the calculator or whether you counted things up on an abacus.
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