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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
