[sdiy] math question - somewhat OT

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh at iquest.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] math question - somewhat OT
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:05:22 -0500
Message-ID: <004c01c4a027$18a12840$fd682bd1 at oemcomputer>

Larry,

> I feel old.  In 1975 or 1976 when the price dropped from $300 to $150, I
> just had to have one.  I still own it.  How long since it has been turned
> on.  I cannot even remember.

You are old. I didn't even have a calculator back then. It really was finger-
counting back then!

Cheers,
Magnus - whoa - feeling much younger all of a sudden

> Larry H
> 
> 
> > I'm just young enough that "slide rule calculators" were affordable by
> > the time I took Trig. I remember that a decent TI cost about $50 in
> > 1978 or 79.
> >
> > Look at incredible the price drop from 1975...
> > http://www.datamath.org/Sci/WEDGE/sr-51a.htm
> >
> > ... to 1976:
> > http://www.datamath.org/Sci/MAJESTIC/sr-51-II.htm
> >
> > In 1977 it finally became programmable!
> > http://www.datamath.org/Sci/MAJESTIC/TI-55.htm
> 
>