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# for my birthday
my brother gave me this rather woo calculator that is the same age as me - and just as dirty!


it's a commodore
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:45, archived)
# seen this?
pocketcalculatorshow.com/

edit: for those as havn't, it should bring out the geek in just about anyone
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:47, archived)
# i'll see if mine is there!
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:56, archived)
# sadly, i've just realised it's LCD only
i shall find an alternative site
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:58, archived)
# he showed me this site:
www.vintage-technology.info/Pages/calculators/calccommodore.htm
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:02, archived)
# cor!
top stuff there
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:03, archived)
# the machine needed a little soldering..
but seems to work pretty well :-)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:05, archived)
# :)




/wants one
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:07, archived)
# it takes about
three seconds to do a sin/cos function :-)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:10, archived)
# wooooow
we used to have competitions on our (fancy modern) calculators to come up with a formula that would pause the calculator for the longest time and still give a valid answer

i could pause my casio thing for 25 seconds
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:13, archived)
# I'm the operator
with my pocket calculator
(KnitWit, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:00, archived)
# mineses topserer
(meepmeep is, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 3:28, archived)
# coo..
that's a beast.

how old are you then? (and happy bday!)
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:50, archived)
# i guess
23
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:50, archived)
# 1981 was LCD calculators
I suspect older.
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:52, archived)
# heh
thanks, well...
the calculor is apparently 27 years old... gettin' old, me.
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:51, archived)
# I want a calculator
that uses reverse polish logic - no equals button!
(jacko_here just here has some ducks, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:51, archived)
# if you trawl through that site up there
i seem to remember an example or two

though i may be wrong, it's months since i looked
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 9 Mar 2004, 2:53, archived)