24 Aug
2011
24 Aug
'11
8:38 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: What Your Old Graphing Calculator Says About Technology
Or somebody put too many zeros on the production run order and they still
haven't sold them all. Who uses a printing calculator these days?
I still have a few Casio scientifics I got during the late 1980's and a
Tandy PC-6 in perfect operating condition I got for college around 1990 or
so. Haven't purchased or needed a new calculator since then (they all still
work).
Besides, if
you want to see real technological stagnation, just look at
desktop calculators. I think Sharp has been selling the same printing
calculator with the same green LED readout for nearly 20 years.
That is what we call a "successful product".
--
Will