8 Nov
2001
8 Nov
'01
1:44 p.m.
"Feldman, Robert" wrote:
Especially if the batteries in the calculator are dead
;)
Get a solar powered calculator!
(BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested in
the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
Appreciation for lost art is the heart and soul of this list!
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: One Without Reason [mailto:vance@ikickass.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:41 PM
To: Classic Computers Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)
> Good point! But doesn't that make it
interesting now in 2001? I mean
the slide
> rule
> compared to the electronic caluclator makes the slide rule seem like a
lousy
design.
>
> Aren't slide rules interesting today.
I can do a lot of things faster on a slide rule than an electronic
calculator.
Peace... Sridhar