Ah nostalgia. I can match the IBM 360 story..... I think in retrospect the most impressive and lasting technology I have come across was a Sharp scientific calculator I brought around 1976. Has a bit mapped LCD display, and forget normal calculator or RPN logic - this one used simple agebraic input
eg (1 + 2 + 3 + 4*6 + SIN 30) EXP 2 - that is how you enter calculations and thats how it displays them on the screen 5 memories called A B C D E which could be used in calculations Programmable (48 steps program could be stored - was enough to write a full lunar module moon landing program). statistics mode too. Still have it and still use it. Its a very good calculator. Still much more elegant than almost all calculators today. Can't argue with the 30+ years lifespan. Even had a switch fixed by Sharp some years ago - (bad connection after years of use). In fact when I wrote my own calculator program (Delphi) I based it mainly on how that Sharp worked as haven't still after all these years come across any calculator programs as simple and elegant, most still mimc plain hand held calculators - (and someday it will give out, hence the program) http://jbclnz.googlepages.com/jbclcalc (Thats a free giveaway if anyone is interested) John _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
