My personal calculator history

[John Garza (3665)]

I blame my father.

I inherited a collection of old fishing lures from him. And since then, I think I've been infected with the 'collecting bug'.

Funny how a utilitarian instrument is somehow morphed into an object of pleasure and desire.
You know, like a Ferrari. Basically it's just transportation. But when it's done really well, like HP calculators, they become something much more than utilitarian.

My path was straightforward:

Junior High School: TI-2550
High School: TI-59
College: HP-67

I still have all three and they are 100% functional.

And then I go nuts and start collecting.


-J