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'''Dataman''' was an educational toy calculator with mathematical games to aid in learning arithmetic.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=DATAMAN Electronic Calculator - Physics Museum - The University of Queensland, Australia|url=https://physicsmuseum.uq.edu.au/dataman-electronic-calculator|website=[[University of Queensland]]}}</ref><ref name="wired">{{cite news|first1=James Floyd|last1=Kelly|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=Super Bonus GeekDad Retro Gaming: DataMan|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/07/super-bonus-geekdad-retro-gaming-dataman/|newspaper=Wired|date=5 July 2011|issn=1059-1028|via=www.wired.com}}</ref> It had an 8-digit [[vacuum fluorescent display]] (VFD),<ref name="computinghistory">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=TI Dataman Calculator - Calculator - Computing History|url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30278/TI-Dataman-Calculator/|website=[[The Centre for Computing History]]}}</ref> and a keypad.<ref name="americanhistory">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=Texas Instruments Dataman Handheld Electronic Calculator|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334470|website=[[National Museum of American History]]}}</ref> Dataman was manufactured by [[Texas Instruments]]<ref>{{cite web|first1=Benj|last1=Edwards|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=The Golden Age of Texas Instruments Consumer Gadgets|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/electronics/86393/the-golden-age-of-texas-instruments-consumer-gadgets|date=1 December 2016|website=[[PC Magazine]]}}</ref> and was launched on 5 June 1977.<ref name="computinghistory"/><ref name="datamath">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-11-17|title=DATAMATH|url=http://www.datamath.org/Edu/DataMan.htm|website=www.datamath.org}}</ref>

==Details==
DataMan was designed to resemble a [[robot]]. It had an array of 24 keys of differing shape, including ten digit keys, four [[arithmetic]] function keys, an equals key, a memory bank key, an on key, an off-key, and keys for various games.

The following games, played against the clock, were designed to teach the four basic [[Operation (mathematics)|operations]] of arithmetic—[[addition]], [[subtraction]], [[multiplication]] and [[Division (mathematics)|division]]:<ref name="wired"/><ref name="datamath"/>
*"Electro Flash" – for practicing mathematical tables
*"Wipe Out" – for competing at solving arithmetic problems rapidly
*"Number Guesser" – for guessing a number selected by DataMan
*"Force Out" – for subtracting numbers, to avoid being the one who arrives at zero<ref name="americanhistory"/>
*"[?]" – to enter unknowns in equations

Notably, the Dataman was powered by a single 9V battery, with no voltage stepping to the main IC. This meant that you could hear the inner workings of the main IC when listening closely to the unit. The Dataman is based on a chip similar to the [[Texas Instruments TMS1100]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dyson |first1=Jon-Paul C. |title=The Many Histories of DataMan |journal=ROMchip |date=18 December 2021 |volume=3 |issue=2 |url=https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/154 |access-date=1 June 2022 |language=en |issn=2573-9794}}</ref>

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