Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)
"Feldman, Robert" wrote:
> Especially if the batteries in the calculator are dead ;)
>
Get a solar powered calculator!
>
> (BTW, my 14-year old son has three slide rules and was quite interested in
> the giant one up on the wall in a hall at his high school.)
>
Appreciation for lost art is the heart and soul of this list!
Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: One Without Reason [mailto:vance_at_ikickass.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:41 PM
> To: Classic Computers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)
>
> > > Good point! But doesn't that make it interesting now in 2001? I mean
> the slide
> > > rule
> > > compared to the electronic caluclator makes the slide rule seem like a
> lousy design.
> > >
> > > Aren't slide rules interesting today.
>
> I can do a lot of things faster on a slide rule than an electronic
> calculator.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 21:44:38 GMT
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