RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
June 4, 2015 at 4:39 am
The first calculator my parents had was one of these (the lighter of the two):
![[Image: EarlyL1.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=mathcs.albion.edu%2F~mbollman%2FEarlyL1.jpg)
although I don't think it was called a Datamath over here. It was big and clunky, you could probably choke a horse with it. If that's your idea of a good time. It could only do the basic mathematical operations - percentages was as complex as it got. But it was a little plastic box of magic to our 1970-something's eyes.
Far as I know they've still got it somewhere. Hope so, it was always a favourite of mine.
although I don't think it was called a Datamath over here. It was big and clunky, you could probably choke a horse with it. If that's your idea of a good time. It could only do the basic mathematical operations - percentages was as complex as it got. But it was a little plastic box of magic to our 1970-something's eyes.
Far as I know they've still got it somewhere. Hope so, it was always a favourite of mine.
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