3 Feb
1998
3 Feb
'98
1:20 p.m.
the eminent slipsticker Andrew Davie wrote:
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"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it?
manney
4 Feb
4 Feb
4:52 a.m.
At 07:20 PM 2/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
Tho I haven't "Slip-stuck" (other than the usual wintertime stuff up here
in the "Great White North" ;-) in quite some time, I still have my
slide-rule in the basement, right next to the book w/ instructions on how
to use it... (I can remember the simpler functions (multiply, divide & the
like) but how to use the thing for calculus & whatnot I'm sure has
"slipped" my mind... (lame) Pun intended ;^>
And tho we did have some TRS-80 Model 4's (and an old IBM Series/1) in high
school, I did use it occasionally during geometry / algebra class when
necessary -- took it to college a few times to, but just to watch people
gawk... ;-)
Have fun,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
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Programmer, NorthernWay | information on their candy bar wrappers
zmerch(a)northernway.net | when there's no nutritional value within?
the eminent
slipsticker Andrew Davie wrote:
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"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it? 
5:29 a.m.
New subject: Slipping sticks
At 19:20 2/3/98 -0500, PG wrote:
"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last
one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it?
No, I do not have _my_ high school/college slide rule, which was a
magnificent 12" yellow aluminum Pickett with a hard leather case and a belt
loop. Yes, I still have a slide rule, and yes, I think I could still use it.
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Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
8:18 a.m.
At 07:20 PM 2/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
I still have my circular slide rule from high school and even use it on
occassion. I won't say when I got it but it was before HP released the -35
:-/
Joe
the eminent
slipsticker Andrew Davie wrote:
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"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it?
manney 
2:08 p.m.
On Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:20:11 -0500, you said:
I have my old K&E in the closet; I took a one-hour class in '67,
though I already knew how to use it. One thing I learned using a slide
rule that calculator users seem to not get is a sense of order of
magnitude of the answer.
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
the eminent
slipsticker Andrew Davie wrote:
<Snip>
"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it? 
5 Feb
5 Feb
5:48 a.m.
the
eminent slipsticker Andrew Davie wrote:
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"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here has
his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it?
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