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The Educator® Advanced
Date of introduction: | July 1997 | Display technology: | LCD |
New price: | $95 | Display size: | 10 + 2 |
Size: | 8.0" x 4.0" x 0.35" | ||
Weight: | 4.9 ounces | Serial No: | |
Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | |
AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China | |
Precision: | 12 | Integrated circuits: | Toshiba T7988 |
Memories: | 1 | ||
Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The
California based company Stokes Publishing Company, Inc. distributes under the label
"The Educator®" calculators optimized for teaching purposes. William T. Stokes filed already July 30, 1991 the US Patent Application
U.S. Pat. No. 5,035,502 with the title
"Transparent calculator for overhead projection".
Both the
keyboard and the display are made from translucent glass and plastics. Using a
simple overhead projector the teacher could demonstrate easily the function of a
calculator.
The successor of the original Advanced emulates the Texas Instruments
TI-34 introduced already in 1989 and redesigned in 1996.
Overhead™ Calculator is a trademark
of Stokes Publishing Company, Inc.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, November 13, 2007. No reprints without written permission.