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RE: Memory lane
October 19, 2023 at 10:20 pm (This post was last modified: October 19, 2023 at 10:21 pm by Fireball.)
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 20, 2023 at 6:52 am
(August 27, 2023 at 11:11 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: You haven’t seen tape drive until you’ve seen a paper tape drive.

They produced *wonderful* confetti.
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RE: Memory lane
October 20, 2023 at 10:37 pm
(October 19, 2023 at 10:20 pm)Fireball Wrote: 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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My ind study for comp sci was in a math class. I picked up a little trig on the side, served me well in college.

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RE: Memory lane
October 21, 2023 at 9:20 pm
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 11:36 am
(October 21, 2023 at 9:20 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: [Image: 4834.jpg]

The TI-84 calculator uses the same Z80 processor and can even be programmed in Z80 assembler. One summer I wrote a Z80 assembler just to play with this.
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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 12:47 pm
(October 22, 2023 at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Utterly useless skill I was forced to learn:

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I still have, and remember how to use, several slide rules. When a calculus student asks if calculators are allowed on exams, I sometimes say they are free to use one of them.
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RE: Memory lane
October 22, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Ahhh... the old guessing stick! Smile
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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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