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RE: Memory lane
October 19, 2023 at 10:20 pm
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I learned to program one of these in an independent math study "class" in high school. Quotes, because we just sat in the area between all the classes where the chem teacher mixed up stuff and the physics experiment stuff was kept. School year '69-'70. I graduated high school in '70.
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 11:50 am
Had one of these as a kid. Loved it.
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 12:15 pm
Utterly useless skill I was forced to learn:
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Ahhh... the old guessing stick!
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 1:53 pm
I also liked the cap gun toy.
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