22 Dec
1998
22 Dec
'98
1:11 p.m.
At 05:57 PM 20-12-98 -0800, James Willing wrote:
Amongst a stack of new acqusitions today a rather
interesting looking unit
branded "LOCI 2". Based on the name/serial number plate on the rear, it is
an electronic programmable calculator. Apparently built by Wang Labs.
Anyone familiar with this unit? And does anyone have
any docs on it?
Well I did some serious programming on one a few years ago (when it was new
- I'm guessing early '70s). From the little I recall (lots of red wine
between then and now :-) the main interesting fact about this (apart from
the nixie tube display) was that multiplication was done by means of
logarithms. So 2x2=3.99999999 rather than the 4 expected.
The card reader was neat too - rather like a bed of nails....
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