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Texas Instruments Math Star
Date of introduction: | 1986 | Display technology: | LCD |
New price: | Display size: | 8 alphanumeric | |
Size: | 8.5" x 7.1" x 1.8" | ||
Weight: | 11 ounces | Serial No: | |
Batteries: | 2*AA | Date of manufacture: | wk 01 year 1988 |
AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TP0456/CD4616 | |
Memories: | |||
Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This educational toy for youngsters replaced the Math Marvel. The Math Star is preprogrammed to teach the basic four mathematic functions through different games.
This educational toy was rated by Texas Instruments for childrens aged between 6 and 11 years.
The Math Star shared the housing with the Spelling B teaching word games.
In the United Kingdom the game was sold as Maths Star, in Germany as Mathe-Star, in Italian it was labelled Pitagora and France knows the Les Nombres Magiques.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.