Tech Pron Sites.
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Here's one.
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I suppose I'll have to collect all my calculator photos and post them somewhere, just for @guigirl
I currently own ... hmm, more than 20 anyway. Though I will admit to not knowing where my sliderule is. I used to teach, and thought it was worthwhile for me to be able to tell students how to enter the problem on their calculator and get the answer the book expected (where possible, there were a few calculators that just didn't have enough decimal places to get the book's answer on 400 years of compound interest).
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@sgunhouse said in Tech Pron Sites.:
not knowing where my sliderule is
I expect it's with your towel...
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@guigirl No, I know where my towels are.
Actually, the sliderule was my dad's originally, but he didn't feel like hanging on to it. And yes, I know how to work it, as well as all the calculators. (And yes, there are differences. RPN vs. AOS vs. the newer systems as well as actual feature levels. Though my students were required to have scientific calculators so no 4-function models.)
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@guigirl I didn't see any reference to the marvellous HP calculating machines. I've owned several since the early '70's (currently the hp48 and HP12C).
This is over and above the 80 or so slide rules I have sewn into my towel. Makes it (the towel) a wee bit difficult to use and to be a pillow but I can now use it as a weapon. -
@greybeard Heehee, nice one. Yes this site is a bit disappointing. I thought i had bookmarked a different/better site yonks ago [the one i posted here was only stumbled across serendipitously in my daily reading of HackerNews t'other day], but alas it seems i didn't. When time permits i might spend a few moments on the interwebz trying to find better sites,
& also ofc for the essential slide-rule sites[oh joy, i just found this old bookmarked one; phwoah!!!].Pls all, feel free to post other cool pertinent links here.
Tech Pron Rulz.