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I just read @953 nut's post for 1/1/1975 and saw on the cover of the Popular Mechanics magazine an add for a "scientific" calculator for under $90.

 

I remember this issue and remember reading about the small battery powered calculator.

It was advertised as "smaller, smarter, and cheaper"...and I had a 110 volt corded one and thought, yeah, I have a "big dumb expensive one"!

I also remember my dad buying one of the "new" <$90 one!

Wow,,,1975......really makes me feel old now!

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953 nut

I remember having to buy a new calculator every semester because it was required for "that class" and even if you had the same professor next semester; guess what, had to buy another one! Ended up costing more than books and tuition for some classes. 

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Jerry77
52 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

because it was required

They were not around when I was in school - just a #2 with an eraser..:ROTF:

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roadapples
6 hours ago, Jerry77 said:

They were not around when I was in school - just a #2 with an eraser..:ROTF:

:text-yeahthat: and my erasers never lasted as long as the pencil :bitch:

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