4 Feb
1998
4 Feb
'98
3:37 p.m.
<At 11:34 2/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
<>Texas Instruments was naming some of their calculators "SR" (for Slide
<>Rule) up until the mid-80's, at least. My first one was the SR-10...the
<>"wedge". $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first?
Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140
(8bigit 4banger). I had one going into EE school.
Allison
4 Feb
4 Feb
4:18 p.m.
At 16:37 2/4/98 -0500, Allison wrote:
<>My first one was the SR-10...the
<>"wedge". $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first?
Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140
(8digit 4banger). I had one going into EE school.
But that WAS the SR-10.
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4:58 p.m.
I can't believe I'm posting to this thread.
There's a Burroughs electronic calculator 1940/50s vintage, on auction
nearby. It's a real Difference Engine with power. It looks like a huge
mechanical adding machine with a large motor attached and a typewriter
printout. You even get to see the wheels and gears turn behind a glass
door.
First compuer I ever saw for sale leaking oil...
-Mike
Allison J Parent wrote:
<At 11:34 2/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
<>Texas Instruments was naming some of their calculators "SR" (for Slide
<>Rule) up until the mid-80's, at least. My first one was the SR-10...the
<>"wedge". $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first?
Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140
(8bigit 4banger). I had one going into EE school.
Allison
6 Feb
6 Feb
5:45 p.m.
On 4 Feb 98 at 16:37, Allison J Parent wrote:
<At 11:34 2/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
<>Texas Instruments was naming some of their calculators "SR" (for Slide
<>Rule) up until the mid-80's, at least. My first one was the SR-10...the
<>"wedge". $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first?
Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140
(8bigit 4banger). I had one going into EE school.
Allison
I have a TI-55-II that I got in 82 and IIRC they went for around
that price. Still works-same debounce problem. I think TI perfected
the newest model - consumer price structure that we get with
computers now ($2000-$3000 ) or was that Big-3 automobiles.
ciao larry
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