Hi Mike,
You are really making me feel old! I have a couple of TIs that my sons used
in college, but my personal favorite, a gift from my family many years ago,
is my HP32S (RPN Scientific). I change the batteries every couple of
years, and it just keeps on truckin'.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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>>>My TI-35+ is
>> >>going on 30 years old, but it still works great and sits right next
> to
>
>
> Some calculators die hard. I have read many still love the HP12C
> financial calculator. I believe they are still sold and the relatively
> expensive phone app emulators do well! I still use my HP 11c and even
> occasionally my Ti SR52. I recently bought replacement battery packs
> for it and my Dad's HP45. I was spoiled rotten as a kiddie as we often
> had a giant 4 fxn calculator (forgot who made it) and could ck long
> division on it just after I learned how. This was pre LED's and had
> weird neon tube thingies for the display and cost as much as a car. My
> Dad brought it home from work.
>
> I have a meter? long slide rule at home and an odd spiral one that is
> really cool. I remember able to get 4 sig. figures at the low end on
> it but didn't really need it for long in junior high or so as the SR10
> or 11's were out.
>
> Oh there are algorithms to keep tack of the "left digits" when using a
> Slide Rule. I would use that after keeping track of the order of
> magnitude in Sci notation first, IIRC.
>
> "Rule for multiplication
> If the rule is set with the slide protruding at the left-hand end of
> the stock, the number of digits in the answer is the sum of the digits
> of the factors. If the slide is protruding at the right-hand end, the
> number of digits in the product is one less than the sum of the digits
> of the factors.
>
> Rule for division
> If, when dividing, the slide protrudes at the left-hand end of the
> stock, the number of digits in the result is found by subtracting the
> number of digits in the divisor from the number in the dividend. If the
> slide protrudes to the right the number of digits in the result will be
> one greater that the difference between the numbers of digits in the
> dividend and divisor respectively."
>
> Any one else have a spiral slide rule? Mike
>
>
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