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Texas Instruments Math Marvel
| Date of introduction: | 1980 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | $30.00 | Display size: | 8 |
| Size: | 6.1" x 3.4" x 1.1" | ||
| Weight: | 5.5 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 46 year 1980 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMC1986 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 6.5 MByte) |
This
educational toy for youngsters is similar to the futuristic DataMan.
The Math Marvel is
preprogrammed to teach the basic four mathematic functions through different
games. A nice feature of this game is an added buzzer to give some noisy
feedback.
The Math Marvel was one of three similar games:
| • Math Marvel: Basic mathematics • Mr. Challenger: Word games • Spelling B: Spelling games |
All used the same housing featuring a coloured key plate to
cover some unused keys of the matrix. The display was either numeric for the
Math Marvel or alphanumeric for the two word games.
From
a technical point of view the toy is in one line with the TI-45
scientific calculator introduced in 1978. Both share a member of the TMS1980
single chip calculator series based on the
TMS1000 family.
The Math Marvel was later replaced by the Math Star game.
Don't miss the speaking Maths marvel.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.