When I was a little kid, I had this relatively large, yellow calculator. I had no idea what it was called until I did a little Internet research yesterday. I matched photographs until one jogged my memory: the Little Professor Calculator (more info). Not only could it perform the basic arithmetic functions (I think), but it could test you with increasing levels of difficulty. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon before Nintendo, I suppose.
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11:20 am (reply)
Man,, haven’t seen or thought about this calculator since the early 80’s !! Was it me or did everyone have one of these ?
11:49 am (reply)
I didn’t know anyone else who had one. If they did, they never admitted it to me.
2:20 pm (reply)
I had one. It was excellent matharific fun!
2:34 pm (reply)
My siblings and I had them, but my sister called it the Little Confessor.
4:30 pm (reply)
I had one of these as well, in fact, I’m pretty sure it is still at my parent’s house. How much can I get for it on EBay?
4:44 pm (reply)
That’s really a cute calculator, though I never had one like that.
4:46 pm (reply)
I had one of those calculators, too! I forgot about them. Thanks for that bit of nostolgia.
4:48 pm (reply)
I had one! I didn’t know it had a name. I also haven’t thought about it in years.
1:31 am (reply)
I had one! BTW my Dataman still works!
12:14 pm (reply)
Ha! I remember this. One of my friends had one and I was really jealous. Then that Christmas my parents gave me a similar one that sort of looked like a space age robot. I forget what it was called…
12:17 pm (reply)
And I just found the one I had! It was called “DataMan.”