OK--- I've still got my first electronic calculator. It was a steal at only $125 (1970's dollars ;-), and actually had one memory register and a square root function! It replaced my trusty circular slide rule.
At 3:29 PM -0500 11/27/01, Tim Gaines wrote: >This thread about geezers and calculators reminded me of my >first calculator. I was about to start analyzing the data >for my dissertation and wanted a calculator to help with >some post hoc tests after the output from those BMD ANOVAs >we got from the CDC-6400 at the computer center. The local >K-Mart had a few Summit calculators on display. One, priced >at $56, had the four functions and nothing else. It was about >3" X 5" and about 1.25" thick. It had a rechargeable battery >and a fake leather carrying case. Another, priced at about $115, >looked the same, but it had three little extra buttons up on >the top edge (on the 1.25" side) that allowed you to compute >a reciprocal, a square, and a square root. It also had a >really great feature on the front with those regular function >keys; a MEMORY! A very rude and stupid sales clerk, after >refusing to answer my questions about the calculators, quoted >me a price of $56 for for the model with the extra function >keys, so I took him up on it. I used to get such guilty >satisfaction when I used that thing; only $56 for such a >great tool. I can't believe now that I spent so much of my >meager funds on that calculator. Last week, while buying a >replacement cartridge for my printer (for $28), I saw and >purchased a Casio calculator as a backup. It has 250 functions, >including nice stat functions, and cost $8.99. I still have >that old Summit stashed away somewhere, but it finally gave out >about 5 years ago. * 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]
