[sdiy] math question - somewhat OT

[john mahoney]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oren Leavitt"
>
> Anyway, I remember the old TIs - I think there was a model that
stored
> programs on magnetic strips that a little motorized reader would
pull
> through a slot on the side of the calculator.

Wow, I'd forgotten about that! That one caused quite a sensation in
Calculus class. Remember, kids, this was when PCs were just called
"microcomputers," and those micros used cassette tape for storage. The
affordable hard disk was still a few years away (and then it was $5000
for 5 megabytes, and yes I mean megabytes).


> I bought an HP15C back in 1983 and became an RPN geek....

Brackets? We don't need no stinking brackets! *
--
john

* Excuse the creative license: I know they are parentheses and not
brackets.