math in today's comics

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(04-30-2017 09:07 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  It was a great calculator, but I could never get used to its 2 or 3-line display. When I program, I want to see several lines at once, and I found this display too limiting to be useful to me. I much prefer the 8-line display of the Tandy 102 BASIC system.

Your memory is far too generous, the 71B has only 1-line of 22 characters. I agree better machines of that type have come along, but one never forgets his first love.