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Swiss Micros makes HP 'act-alikes' - programmable
10-29-2018, 08:55 AM
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RE: Swiss Micros makes HP 'act-alikes' - programmable
(10-29-2018 08:04 AM)grsbanks Wrote:  These things are built like tanks. They'll take whatever you throw at them. Within reason, of course. They might not like you driving your car over them.

What happens if eaten by a hippopotamus?
Quote:Tough construction: One HP-12C was used by a zoo keeper to calculate feed mixtures. The zoo keeper dropped the calculator and it was consumed by a hippopotamus. The calculator survived the hippo's digestive process as well as the washing that followed.

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