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Offline R9SCarry

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Re: How Long must this wait go on?
« Reply #30 on: October 26, 2005, 09:09:32 PM »
Hehe - sorry about the thread hijack!

Bill - oh my - log tables - of course all I had at school.  I meant to also refer to that other ''miracle'' the analog slide rule - I was thrilled when I was given a small 6" one by a professor and used it for ages.  I recall too its smell - that ''ping-pong'' ball celluloid aroma!  Ahhhh the nostalgis.

I built a Heathkit audio amp and did build a small programable calc' - in UK and that had the ''Sinclair'' name - was a lotta fun.

RPN - heck - had all but forgotten about that.  My TI calc - I guess without checking maybe the TI-50 - was also somewhat rendered obsolete by cost of batt replacement tho I did save one new pack purchase by making a new pack with 3 AA size NiCads and getting it in tho the silly spring contacts often played up and needed cleaned.

Back to regular programing ;D
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Re: How Long must this wait go on?
« Reply #31 on: October 26, 2005, 09:18:18 PM »
Chuck,

Please forgive us.  Occasionally, we get carried away and drift from the main topic.

Bill

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Re: How Long must this wait go on?
« Reply #32 on: October 26, 2005, 09:20:56 PM »
Chris,

I know the feeling about the slide rule.

I bought a Post Versa Log, made out of bamboo.  It was quite the thing.

I took a slide rule course in college, wanting to be prepared for the future.  Then, they immediately came out with calculators.

Bill