ST:TNG Tricorder design was inspired by HP-41C

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(08-12-2019 03:00 PM)KeithB Wrote:  

(08-12-2019 01:39 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  Hello!


It is really the first time that I heard about "the real McCoy"... One learns something new every day. Or "Infinite divesity, infinite combinations" as Mr Spock would say :-)

Regards
Max

*I* say it comes from the Hatfields and McCoys. 8^)
If you really want some fun look into the etymology of Okay sometime.

One possible origin is Scotland where the phrase "The real MacKay" was used in 1856. In the Canada and the USA it came from Elijah McCoy's steam engine parts. They were of high quality and locomotive engineers would ask is an engine had the real McCoy oil drip cup attached. No one has ever been able to trace the phrase to a member of the McCoy clan that feuded with the Hatfields. Okay? OK!