[brucek]

"I knew my way around one of these pretty well when I was taking chemistry and physics in high school."
We used the Abacus in second grade. Really made it easy to understand working to the right of the decimal. Learned how to use the slide rule while teaching lab classes in Mechanical Engineering. We had a working slide rule that was 10 feet long. The students hated it, we treated it like a history lesson. By that time they had more advanced calculators.

The slide rule was all we had in my engineering days at school, as computers and battery powered calculators were just being invented, but it was surprisingly accurate. I was proud of my slide rule, as I remember paying quite a lot for it at the time with its nice leather case.

[aldcoll]

And at the end of the semester they had that slide rule sale, 2 for a few dollars off.  And then you got a free Heavy duty Pocket Protector 

Alan

[Bob2]

"The slide rule was all we had in my engineering days at school, as computers and battery powered calculators were just being invented, but it was surprisingly accurate. I was proud of my slide rule, as I remember paying quite a lot for it at the time with its nice leather case."

Slide rules were used by NASA engineers for years.

"And then you got a free Heavy duty Pocket Protector".

Couldn't be an engineer without a pocket protector!

[Laundrew]

When I started studying electronics, the TI-30 was my trusted companion. I still have it to this day, 42 years and counting

Be well...

[jschwenker]

My dad was an EE at Bell Labs. He brought home an early HP from work. (maybe 1967-68-ish) As I recall, it might have even been a prototype on professional evaluation loan. He was so thrilled, he was basically the only one playing with it late into the night. (maybe much like the one here)

Only when I switched to engineering in college in ’74 were they common enough - and I had a need - that I got my TI-30… And then I played all night...

[Bob2]

The TI-30 was/is a great calculator. Had a couple many years ago. The Last calculator was the HP32SII. Still have it and use it.



" that I got my TI-30… And then I played all night."
 Weren't there some tricks those would do? Like making the display read Hello..

[Alain Arseneault]

[Laundrew]

The calculator stories certainly put a smile on my face this morning.

Be well...

[AllanS]

The TI-30 was/is a great calculator. Had a couple many years ago. The Last calculator was the HP32SII. Still have it and use it.

There probably isn’t a lot of steam behind a “We also love our calculators” thread but I gotta admit having a soft  for the HP11 that hooked me on RPN.  I traded it back to the friend who sold it to me for the HP42S he won in a contest, which remains my trusted desktop companion.

[Bob2]

" I gotta admit having a soft for the HP11 that hooked me on RPN"

RPN is a great thing!
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=b271a27f2e86ae2dJmltdHM9MTcwNzM1MDQwMCZpZ3VpZD0zZjBkNjA3ZS1mZThkLTY0NzAtMzUzMC03MWE3ZmYyNTY1MTQmaW5zaWQ9NTIwNA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=3f0d607e-fe8d-6470-3530-71a7ff256514&psq=what+does+a+calculator+with+rpn+mean&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2FsY3VsYXRvcmxpYnJhcnkuY29tL2Jsb2cvd2hhdC1kb2VzLXJwbi1tZWFuLW9uLWEtY2FsY3VsYXRvcg&ntb=1

[JCarney]

JCarney

[mikeeastman]

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=w8EBqM&v=676239564671888

You have to watch this stand up, especially you older gentlemen.

[JCarney]

JCarney

[FullRangeMan]

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=w8EBqM&v=676239564671888

You have to watch this stand up, especially you older gentlemen.

And?

[AllanS]

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=w8EBqM&v=676239564671888

You have to watch this stand up, especially you older gentlemen.

Thanks! I haven’t had a good laugh like that in quite the while.

[Alain Arseneault]

[dbAle]

Happy fridge happy life.

:)    my name, artwork and recipe
Affirmation   my name, label concept and recipe
The Pils I’m Taken’   my name, the silhouette is me also my recipe.

[Laundrew]

[mikeeastman]

FullRangeMan  First off it’s a very funny bit, secondly us old guys that have had the procedure find it extra funny. I assume you’er a young guy and haven’t had the pleasure. 

[JCarney]

Time to bring out the big guns.





JCarney