Your First Handheld?

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1982, 11c, gave it to a former girlfriend when i got a 41.
dam i miss that calculator.

I bought a "factory seconds" National Semiconductor from the Fremont plant off Central Av. for $5 in about 73 for my dad.
He was impressed.
They had run out of battery doors but the rest was fine and a little duct tape kept the 9v in.

In another story; 5 of us were sitting around drinking beer in '75 and somebody pulled out his shiny new TI. Everyone took turns writing hELL and BOOBIES on it but I could do better. I typed in my last name 0771738. I remember Mitch saying that was lame and all an Italian had to do is randomly bang in sevens, ones and zeros anyway. I bet him a buck i could write my first name too. 514430.