Calculator Wars at your School

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(06-20-2021 08:15 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  The instructor pointed to the giant slide rule and said a few years ago we were still using slide rules in this class and the problem we just did in 5 minutes took about 40 minutes to finish. Most of us were shocked since even in 1980 most of us had never used a slide rule.

I talked to my father about his today, he said that when he went to college, late 70's, no one was using slide rules anymore around here too, but pocket calculators were very uncommon, due to their price. He studied economics.
He also said that in one course, the professor allowed the use of calculators. Most of the students also had jobs, so they brought their desktop calculators from work to take the exams. There were not enough power outlets for all students...