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Old 12-26-2010, 04:48 AM   #18
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We used $500 slide rules. The $400 models weren't up to the task.
Don't laugh, but when I was at University, we had to sign up in advance to use something called a Wang Calculator, a machine that did less in 1970 (and cost $3800) than many handhelds do today.
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