At 11:19 am 06-05-05 -0400, you wrote: > > >Grimer wrote: > >>At 07:35 pm 05-05-05 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >>>Jed Rothwell wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>By 1971 integrated circuits were already one of the largest industries >>>>on earth. >>>> >>>> >>>Indeed. The HP35 scientific calculator was introduced when I was a >>>sophomore at GaTech in 1973. It cost $635. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>I got my lab to buy me one complete with little magnetic strip you >>could feed through them. >> >That was the HP-65 you're thinking of. It was programmable and read >little mag cards. The HP-35 had no such option.
Quite right. Now you've jogged my memory I recall that I started off with the HP-35 which I thought was terrific - but when they introduced the HP-65 [which really got me salivating ;-) ] - I persuaded the department to supersize me and I passed on the HP-35 to my Higher Experimental Officer. One advantage of being the boss is you get to play with the toys first. <grin> Frank
