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Article #621813Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:15
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:15
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On 4/17/2018 12:24 AM, Dave Garland wrote: > > [snip...] [snip...] [snip...] > > 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. To lean to fully use your TI-85 calculator, you'd need a college course!!! ISTM you can download games for the TI-85! Its amazing what some have done with their TI-85's....... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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