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If You Like Calculators, You’ll Love This

by Flexo on October 30, 2006

in Personal Finance

little-professor.jpgWhen 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.

Well, if you get a kick out of calculators, you should love the mother of all financial calculator websites, hidden away at the Motley Fool. If the Motley Fool is the mother, then you could consider DinkyTown the great grand-daddy.

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1 JP October 30, 2006 at 11:20 am

Man,, haven’t seen or thought about this calculator since the early 80’s !! Was it me or did everyone have one of these ?

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2 Flexo October 30, 2006 at 11:49 am

I didn’t know anyone else who had one. If they did, they never admitted it to me.

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3 Lazy Man and Money October 30, 2006 at 2:20 pm

I had one. It was excellent matharific fun!

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4 udandi October 30, 2006 at 2:34 pm

My siblings and I had them, but my sister called it the Little Confessor.

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5 AC October 30, 2006 at 4:30 pm

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?

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6 Sun October 30, 2006 at 4:44 pm

That’s really a cute calculator, though I never had one like that.

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7 Frugal Law Student October 30, 2006 at 4:46 pm

I had one of those calculators, too! I forgot about them. Thanks for that bit of nostolgia.

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8 Amy October 30, 2006 at 4:48 pm

I had one! I didn’t know it had a name. I also haven’t thought about it in years.

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9 mbhunter November 1, 2006 at 1:31 am

I had one! BTW my Dataman still works!

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10 Madame X November 1, 2006 at 12:14 pm

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…

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11 Madame X November 1, 2006 at 12:17 pm

And I just found the one I had! It was called “DataMan.”

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