27 Sep
2012
27 Sep
'12
2:07 a.m.
On 09/26/2012 10:10 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:
On 2012-09-26, at 2:50 PM, Pontus <pontus at
update.uu.se> wrote:
Oh, haven't though about it, but I guess it took a bit of craftsmanship
back then to get them accurate and usable. I'll definitely hang on to my
fathers slide rule.. heck I might even learn how to use it.
If that doesn't bring it home, I've found this answer makes an impression on some
people "Oh this, it cost 400 000 dollars new" followed by "I found it in
the trash" :)
Similar deal with slide rules. Adjusted for inflation, they were expensive
devices. My dads old Hemmi(same as a Post 1461, pocket version of the Versalog), adjusted
for inflation, went for about $500 in modern terms.
Though, I find if you can connect it to something historical that they know about and
understand, then they *really* get it.
That is also true. I have a alpha rack which used to be part of a
Top-500 computer. Not just the model, but the actual computer.
Supercomputers is something that people "understand".
/P