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[greg s]

You had a HP-400? I couldn't afford one back in the early 70's (but they were verboten in class, as you said). I had a friend who had one. I remember so well, I was SOOO envious. I don't think I could pick up a slide rule and use it today, as good as I was at using it years ago :-(

greg

[NorthWesterner]

All those who have ever used a slide rule in an examination raise their hands.


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Edit: that was a neat figure of a guy with his hand raised, but IH didn't like it and turned it into what you see. Hey, Matt, how come??

[sarals]

Engineering students had to have a sliderule.

That's a good dinosaur test... who remembers sliderules and how to use them lol. Students these days don't even know what sliderules are. I remember paying $300 for my first programmable calculator...

This is beginning to make me feel old... what is it they say... first thing to go is your knees and I can't remember the second thing.

Sara : )