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Calculator Wars at your School
07-22-2021, 05:58 PM
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When I was in high school, 1971-1975, I had a sterling plastic slider rule that
you could buy at a five and dime store (the forerunner of the dollar stores).

In my sophomore year the math department aquired at least one hp-35 calculator
which I was allowed to take home overnight or the weekend.

During this time we had access to a ncr century computer via paper tape in BASIC
or Fortran and COBOL via punch card. I did simpson's rule in COBOL :) and basic
and fortran.

The slide rule was used for chemistry and physics. The BASIC language came in
handy when grokking data. I used the hp35 to crunch numbers for a
parabolic reflector for which an article was published in scientific american.

Later on I used a TI58 with a printer to crunch some numbers. I did a bubble sort
and did some creative string handling. Of course with the TI58, there was
no persistent memory so keying in and using the program was a bit problematical.

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Calculator Wars at your School - cesarb94 - 06-19-2021, 02:07 PM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - EdS2 - 06-23-2021, 08:42 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - johnb - 08-28-2022, 07:00 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - Peet - 06-28-2021, 10:41 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - JimP - 07-05-2021, 12:16 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - Peet - 06-25-2021, 05:58 PM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - Liamtoh Resu - 07-22-2021 05:58 PM
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