Item: Little Professor
Title: Little Professor
Alternative Title: Texas Instruments Little Professor Teaching Calculator
Subject:
electronic (technology-related concept)
electronic games
calculators
Date: c. 1978
Measurements: 1 x 3 1/2 in x 5 inches (2.54 x 8.89 x 12.7 cm)
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Description:
Introduced in mid-1976, the Little Professor is a non-printing electronic calculator modified to present simple arithmetic problems. A correct answer prompts another problem on the eight-digit display. An error delivers the message, "EEE." The colorful keyboard shows a professor with whiskers and glasses. The red light-emitting diode screen, in combination with the top of the instrument, looks like a mortar board.
This example has buttons that allow one to set the level of problems, as well as an on/off button on the front rather than the side of the machine. These features were introduced in a version of the machine made from 1978 onward.
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Collected By:
National Museum of American History
Datamath Calculator Museum
Identifier:
1986.0988.197
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