8 Nov
2001
8 Nov
'01
10:05 a.m.
Especially if the batteries in the calculator are dead ;)
(BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested in
the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
-----Original Message-----
From: One Without Reason [mailto:vance@ikickass.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:41 PM
To: Classic Computers Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)
> Good point! But doesn't that make it
interesting now in 2001? I mean
the slide
> rule
> compared to the electronic caluclator makes the slide rule seem like a
lousy
design.
>
> Aren't slide rules interesting today.
I can do a lot of things faster on a slide rule than an electronic
calculator.
Peace... Sridhar
9 Nov
9 Nov
1:51 p.m.
Fred,
I've got a circular slide rule that fits in your shirt
pocket and has formulas, conversion tables, physical constants,
etc. and even a periodic table either on the back or on a pull
out card. That one is so neat, I'll never let it go.
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Feldman, Robert wrote:
(BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules
and was quite interested in
the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
A friend of mine has one of those. I'm envious. 
10 Nov
10 Nov
8:26 a.m.
I used to have one like that! I probably still do in a box someplace.
It IS a cool slide rule even though I got it after I got a calculator (mid 70-s).
Eric
Ian Koller wrote:
Fred,
I've got a circular slide rule that fits in your shirt
pocket and has formulas, conversion tables, physical constants,
etc. and even a periodic table either on the back or on a pull
out card. That one is so neat, I'll never let it go.
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Feldman, Robert wrote:
> > (BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested in
> > the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
>
> A friend of mine has one of those. I'm envious.
11:46 p.m.
Eric,
I saw that the sphere web site has them too. Price seems to
be in the $60 range. I think our high school chem or physics
teacher put together a large order, and probably got us both an
educational and a volume discount, so I won't pass any judgement
on sphere's price, although I'm sure we didn't pay anywhere near
that for our's.
Eric Chomko wrote:
I used to have one like that! I probably still do in a box someplace.
It IS a cool slide rule even though I got it after I got a calculator (mid 70-s).
Eric
Ian Koller wrote:
> Fred,
>
> I've got a circular slide rule that fits in your shirt
> pocket and has formulas, conversion tables, physical constants,
> etc. and even a periodic table either on the back or on a pull
> out card. That one is so neat, I'll never let it go.
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Feldman, Robert wrote:
> > > (BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested
in
> > > the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
> >
> > A friend of mine has one of those. I'm envious.
8 Nov
8 Nov
4:44 p.m.
"Feldman, Robert" wrote:
Especially if the batteries in the calculator are dead
;)
Get a solar powered calculator!
(BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested in
the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
Appreciation for lost art is the heart and soul of this list!
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: One Without Reason [mailto:vance@ikickass.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:41 PM
To: Classic Computers Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)
> Good point! But doesn't that make it
interesting now in 2001? I mean
the slide
> rule
> compared to the electronic caluclator makes the slide rule seem like a
lousy
design.
>
> Aren't slide rules interesting today.
I can do a lot of things faster on a slide rule than an electronic
calculator.
Peace... Sridhar
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