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Texas Instruments MATH MAGIC
| Date of introduction: | 1977 | Display technology: | LED-stick |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 | |
| Size: | 5.0" x 3.5" x 1.1" | ||
| Weight: | 3.5 ounces | Serial No: | 8499159 |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 26 year 1977 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA (MTA) | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMC0907/ZA0379 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
With
the beautiful MATH MAGIC Texas Instruments introduced a variation of the Little Professor.
The Little Professor gives you one of ten-thousands pre-programmed math
questions and you have to type the correct answer. The MATH MAGIC works
different: You have to type the question and the answer ! The MATH MAGIC gives you
only a correct (flashing display) or wrong (EEE) answer.
Similar educational products are known from National Semiconductor with the Quiz-Kid and Radio Shack with the wonderful Monkey See. Both use simple green and red indicators to state correct and wrong.
The technology is based on the first Little Professor introduced one year earlier. The printed circuit boards are indentical, only the right sliding switch is missing.
The MATH MAGIC was soon replaced by the cute WIZ-A-TRON.
Everything exept the design of the frontplate was kept identical.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.