Re: OT retro-styled HP calculator

Richard Maine wrote:
> Kevin G. Rhoads <kgrhoads@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>> I still have my Thornton slide rule c1967 with manual.
>> I still have both my high school Acu-Math #4 and my college
>> Pickett "N4-ES Vector-Type LOG LOG DUAL-BASE SPEED RULE"
> 
> My Pickett got lost or stolen undergrad school circa 1972. That's when I
> decided to "invest: in an HP-35 (at $395) instead of replacing my
> Pickett. My wife still has hers, though.
> 
....
B&W NPGD issued 20" Picketts from the store room when I hired on ('68). 
  I tried turning it back in when I left in '72 -- needless to say, they 
didn't want it ( :) ) so I still have it and several others including 
the 6" K+E I bought while at undergrad 'cause it was so cute... :)

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