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Calculator Wars at your School
08-08-2022, 07:11 AM
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RE: Calculator Wars at your School
There weren't really any "wars" as such at the school when/where I was (early '80s, Europe).

The school had a relationship with a TI representative who offloaded old stock TI-57 LED calculators at an attractive price, so nearly everyone had that model.

I was a bit of a rebel at heart so I didn't take the school up on the offer. I had the opportunity to acquire an HP-15C instead. Needless to say, everyone was jealous of the sheer capacity of the calculator and the non-volatile memory. They just couldn't get their heads round RPN so people didn't want to borrow it. "Where's the '=' button?!?!" was a very common question...

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Calculator Wars at your School - cesarb94 - 06-19-2021, 02:07 PM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - EdS2 - 06-23-2021, 08:42 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - johnb - 08-28-2022, 07:00 AM
RE: Calculator Wars at your School - Peet - 06-28-2021, 10:41 AM
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RE: Calculator Wars at your School - RPNerd - 08-08-2022 07:11 AM
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