They were Marchant, I wrote this note hastily before going to class with one eye on the clock. I can't remember whether the Friden calculators were completely electronic or operated like an electrified adding machine. Either way my guess (counting the chunk-achunk-achunk) that seems indelibly wrote in my auditory memory, each "chunka" was a half second, so the answer would depend on the number of places needed.
Harry Avis PhD Sierra College Rocklin, CA 95677 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so - Shakespeare >From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: you're a geezer if you remember >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:38:12 -0600 > >At 12:53 PM -0800 11/26/01, Don Allen wrote: > >Harry- > > > >I thought that they were Marchant claculators not Merchant. Does this >mean > >that I have dyslexia as well, or is this just another example of geezer > >memory? > >For extra credit: >How long did it take a Friden calculator to grind out a square root? > >* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * >* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * >* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * >* http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
