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About Advantage Calculators
Advantage Calculators
Advantage Calculators
Jobber Instruments has team with Formative Software, Inc. to bring you the most advance calculator software on the market today.Basic Advantage | Don't let the name fool you. There is nothing "basic" about it. |
Scientific Advantage | Covers all your scientific needs. |
Construction Advantage | Solve vertually all your construction math problems. |
Ultimate Advantage | What happens when you put all 3 of the above calculators into 1. You get the "Ultimate Advantage". |
ADVANTAGE CALCULATORS COMPARISON CHART |
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Basic |
Scientific |
Construction |
Ultimate |
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Unit awareness | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Special Display/Entry Modes | Feet-inches-fraction |
Feet-inches-fraction Inches-fraction Degrees-minutes-seconds Hours-minutes-seconds Minutes-seconds |
Feet-inches-fraction Inches-fraction Degrees-minutes-seconds Hours-minutes-seconds Minutes-seconds |
Feet-inches-fraction Inches-fraction Degrees-minutes-seconds Hours-minutes-seconds Minutes-seconds |
Algebraic and RPN entry modes | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unit Conversions | over 30 |
over 200 |
over 70 |
over 200 |
Bases supported | Decimal (base 10) |
Decimal (base 10) Binary (base 2) Octal (base 8) Hexidecimal (base 16) |
Decimal (base 10) |
Decimal (base 10) Binary (base 2) Octal (base 8) Hexidecimal (base 16) |
Dedicated unit buttons (user configurable) | 12 buttons |
16 buttons |
12 buttons |
16 buttons |
Option to use 0-15 keyboard for feet-inches-fraction entry | No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
User-selectable default inch fraction denominator | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Allows entry of any inch fraction denominator | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Automatic solvers | None |
Circle Cone Cube Cylinder Rectangular Box Sphere Triangle - Oblique Triangle - Right |
Circle Circle - Segmented Fall Circle - Segmented Rise Cone Cube Cylinder Rafters Rectangular Box Sphere Stairs Triangle - Oblique Triangle - Right Triangle - Segmented Fall Triangle - Segmented Rise |
Circle Circle - Segmented Fall Circle - Segmented Rise Cone Cube Cylinder Rafters Rectangular Box Sphere Stairs Triangle - Oblique Triangle - Right Triangle - Segmented Fall Triangle - Segmented Rise |
Statistics Calculator | No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Timers | Dual stopwatches with lap times Dual countdown timers |
Dual stopwatches with lap times Dual countdown timers |
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Reference Data | Chemical elements (including periodic chart) Physical constants (over 300) |
Chemical elements (including periodic chart) Physical constants (over 300) |
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Project estimator | Blocks Board/trim Bricks Concrete Mulch General Units by Area General Units by Length General Units by Length & Width General Units by Volume Paint Plywood Primer Rock/gravel Rolls (wire, etc.) Drywall Stain Studs Wallpaper |
Blocks Board/trim Bricks Concrete Mulch General Units by Area General Units by Length General Units by Length & Width General Units by Volume Paint Plywood Primer Rock/gravel Rolls (wire, etc.) Drywall Stain Studs Wallpaper |
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Memory locations | 5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
"Paperless tape" | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Math functions | Standard (+, -, %, etc.) Triginometric Logarithmic Power/root Factorial |
Standard (+, -, %, etc.) Triginometric Logarithmic Power/root Factorial Hyperbolic Rounding Gamma Error (erf) Random Bessel (zero and first order) |
Standard (+, -, %, etc.) Triginometric Logarithmic Power/root Factorial |
Standard (+, -, %, etc.) Triginometric Logarithmic Power/root Factorial Hyperbolic Rounding Gamma Error (erf) Random Bessel (zero and first order) |
Copy and paste (within calculator and to other applications) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Display precision options | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Option to reduce inch fractions (e.g., 1/2" vs 16/32") | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Available for Windows | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Available for Pocket PC | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Prices * |
$19.95 / $29.95 |
$39.95 / $59.95 |
$69.95 / $104.95 |
$79.95 / $119.95 |
* Prices listed first (in black) are for either the PC version OR the Pocket PC version. | ||||
* Prices listed 2nd (in RED) are combinations for both PC version AND then Pocket PC version. |
Brochures | 3-Part CSI specifications
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0 - Tools and Software
00103 - Computer-Aided Design & Engineering
01342 - Computer Applications
11136 - Computerized Teaching/Reference Equipment