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Article #621811Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Dave Garland
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:24
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:24
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On 4/16/2018 8:50 PM, J. Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:18:49 -0500, Dave Garland > <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote: > >> Now, I'm not arguing against the computer. I've got a bunch of them, >> and some are in daily use. While somewhere I have an adding machine, >> I'm not sure that it still works (I do know the Selectric stopped >> working). > > I don't have an "adding machine" but I do have two calculators (I'm > taking a series of exams in which one is allowed one of two specific > models of calculator, no phone, computer, or other devices). > I'd always lusted after one of those (I'm from the slide rule generation), but by the time they became reasonably priced I really didn't have much need anymore. Nevertheless, when scientific calculators appeared at Dollar Tree (!) I bought one for a buck. Cheaply made of course, but many functions. I have never used it. My other is a 20+ year old TI-85 Z80 graphing calc that I bought at the local thrift store for a couple of bucks. I've never devoted the time to figure that one out, other than to poke at the BASIC. But I rarely need anything more sophisticated than basic trig.
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