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There was a short thread about slide-rules recently.
Here is an interesting read on the technology that replaced them.
http://www.martin-doppelbauer.de/calculators/museum/index.html
Enjoy.
Ed
Wow...that's a trip down memory lane! I recognise lots of those, from personal use or colleagues. Scarey how time flies.
My wife had an HP 95LX for work (HM Customs) and I created a macro driven spreadsheet for her to calculate the wastage allowances for publicans. She got them to answer specific questions about their piperuns, bore and frequency of draw off etc. She plugged in their figures and hey presto, flabbergasted them by an on the spot check against their claimed wastages. She later became the computer account officer for the region and 'pioneered' the use of handheld computing within HM Customs.
Thanks for the flashback.
Last edited on Tue Jan 22nd, 2013 17:19 by Eric
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