Bob, Some weeks ago you wrote us about the one-cell creatures – a.k.a. calculators using only one AA-sized battery. Unfortunately my comments never arried...
Thank you Joerg for your interesting and , as usual, technically concise information. Where do you get all this stuff?...
Bob Patton
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Jan 9, 2003 1:28 am
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Quirk #016 Memory recall only? The Casio Memory-8S (fluorescent) certainly catches your attention at first glance. The only memory key is MR! It doesn't...
Bob Patton
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Jan 28, 2003 4:14 pm
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Terri Crouch contacted me regarding a very nice Wales 'glass sided' adding machine with a stand and with the original operator books. She would like to sell...
Ernie Jorgenson
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Jan 30, 2003 3:58 am
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I have come across a most unusual (perhaps unique) Texas Instruments SR-40 that must be a prototype. The paper label on the back has no serial number and ...
Bob Patton
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Feb 9, 2003 9:53 pm
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Need immediately pictures of in and outside... Joerg ... From: Bob Patton To: oldcalcs Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: [oldcalcs] TI SR-40...
Thanks to all for your interest. Bruce, I mentioned the Sebastian chip test casually in an earlier posting, but may not have called it exactly that. Mike...
Bob Patton
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Feb 11, 2003 2:58 am
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Wow - this is the greatest find since the TI-88 ! Another project finished but not introduced to the market. Why ? The TI-30 project killed the low-entry...
The SR-40-001P has a full 8-digit mantissa plus 2 exponent digits, each of these with a separate sign for a total of 12 displayable positions. It appears to...
Bob Patton
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Feb 13, 2003 1:36 am
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Bob, Just for your information: There is no relation between YOUR SR-40 and OUR SR-40's. The SR-40 known are nothing else than nicer looking TI-30. Could you...
Some more oddities from the TI executive's estate: A normal looking SR-51-II with no bottom side identification except a small gold sticker in the serial...
Bob Patton
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Feb 18, 2003 1:19 am
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I forward this for those who might wish to visit the web site and for our administrator to comment. I joined oldcalcs before it moved to Yahoo....
Bob Patton
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Feb 18, 2003 3:48 am
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Hi all Quite often I get an old calculator (any make) and the LED display on powering up will display just a row of decimal digits and will not change to any...
A further nifty calculator from the TI executive is an SR-10/11 looking calculator with a transparent plastic case. The only identification is what's molded...
Bob Patton
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Feb 22, 2003 11:33 pm
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... powering up >will display just a row of decimal digits and will not change to any key press. ... all makes >and models, and how to repair etc. or at least...
Bob Patton
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Feb 24, 2003 2:00 am
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It's nice for oldcalcs to work. So what do you do about wired-in rechargeable cells? You can drive many of the old machines with DC through the adapter jack....
Bob Patton
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Feb 24, 2003 2:00 am
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Please help: Hello, and thanks for the response... When I sign on, as you say, it shows "pending membership". Someone has to approve the membership before I...
Hello Everyone, It's the moderator here finally. First off apologies for the delay on getting onto this issue. There have been a couple of factors involved. ...
Hi - I'm in Brisbane, Australia and applied to join this elite group because from the mid 1950's to the mid 1960's, I was a calculator salesman in London, U.K....
Hi, I am Eduardo from Argentina, and I am a true fan of HP-41. I had one of those one I was in university, and I had to sell it later, to pay another things. I...
Hello. I'm Guillermo, a new member, and this is my first *direct* post (the very first via Bob Patton, Thanks again Bob). Eduardo: I'm from Argentina too, and...
Hey ! amazing !. I live in Coghland, in Capital Federal. If you can help me with my calc, would be great !. Please tell me soon, because a friend is leaving to...
I think this was sent to me in error! Regards ... The Land of Aus Trading Post R & M Hancock ABN: 79 083 115 888 PO Box 3583 Robina TC Qld 4230 Australia ...
... group because from the mid 1950's to the mid 1960's, I was a calculator salesman in London, U.K. selling Muldivo, Madas, Monroe and Archimedes-Diehl...
... I did some sales, but mainly service calcs for Olivetti in NYC. Wouldn't mind getting a P101 now for old times sake. -- Jay Respler ADVANCED BUSINESS...
JAY RESPLER
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Feb 27, 2003 5:36 am
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In the March 2002 Dr. Dobb's Journal, Ed Nisley mentioned the recurring dream that all engineers seem to have: you are back in school and suddenly realize...
Bob Patton
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Feb 28, 2003 2:12 am
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I can recall having such a dream a very few times. However, I became so disgusted with formal education that I quit (had to; no more $) after one term at...
... I have it 2, 3 times a year. Usually takes the form that I am walking across campus; someone asks me why I am not taking the exam; I reply that it is a...
Hi Group, I still have that dream occasionally, almost 40 years after graduation (University of Michigan), and I was not even in engineering. However, I took...
