Who used to own this bad boy?
 

Used to own one many years ago, but never progressed far enough in math to use one! :D I used to use regularly aviation's version of the slide rule, the E6B.

Haha, there's one residing in Mr. KR's desk right this minute! I wonder if I could sell it on eBay?

For the record, Mr. KR does not (to my knowledge) own a pocket protector.

Are you sure about that? ;) ;) ;)

My daddy had several, but I never asked what they were, I just played with them. Thanx for the info!

LOL! I like to think I know everything about him but I suppose it's possible that there's a pocket protector in his past. Don't ask, don't tell, I guess :)

Speaking of outdated gadgets, how about this:
http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pict...d/zbrt1618.jpg

I got something similar to this my junior year in college; it was cutting edge technology at the time. My daughters spied it when I was cleaning out the garage when we moved last year and were fascinated by it. "You have to put paper in it?" "What if you make a mistake?" "correction tape?"

It was like they'd unearthed a fossil or something :rolleyes:

Yup...had a slide rule for my high school chemistry class. Now they use computers and calculators. :)

I still have a typewriter.

The typewriter I first learned to type on was this one:

http://www.typewritermuseum.org/coll...ll/royal11.jpg

I think my mom still has it. I could probably sell it to a museum!

My high school chemistry teacher banned calculators, so my slide rule was my best friend!

What the heck is a slide rule?

I loved my slide rules. :D

I just found mine when I was cleaning out my parents closets. Lol.

My mom had one of those, too and I also learned to type on it! Remember how hard you'd have to press the keys? I think my pinky fingers are still unusually strong because of that.

Its an early form of a calculator. Once you learn the scales, you can move the ruler (you "slide" it) and that does the multiplication or division for you.

Although slide rules were rarely used for simple arithmetic.

The first practical pocket calculator was invented in a concentration camp by Dr. Curt Herzstark. It was called the Curta and was the mainstay of many an engineer and scientist until the 1970s, when digital pocket calculators replaced them. Early models command top dollar on eBay and other secondary collector markets.

The Curta calculator:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...50px-Curta.jpg

http://curta.org/curta-1-nolegend2.jpg

More info: http://curta.org/

Re: Who used to own this bad boy?
 

Well actually...... Daddy SageofAges had one, that I liked to play with. He showed me how to use it...and then took it away so I wouldn't break it (he needed it in his AF job fixing airplanes).

Geez I remember saving up all my money one summer to give him a new fangled calculator for Christmas when I was 16. It cost $150. The same thing today cost $9 at Walmart and my son uses it in his 7th grade math class :)

Times they are arollin' along.

I remember using a slide rule as calculators weren't allowed. The reasoning was for certain professions if you were in the field you couldn't always rely on batteries or solar power.

However, my mother is still rocking her BETAMAX. This thing is huge, and she buys blank tapes at flea markets and such as she finds the quality better for recording off the television, and the tapes are smaller than VHS.

Storytime!

When I was in high school (a few years ago), I used to work at a senior center close to my house. My first day there, they decided to have me make new labels for their file cabinets. While I was wondering which of the two vacant computers they would have me use to complete the task, the manager handed me a package of labels and said "You can go ahead and get started-- you'll be using the typewriter in the corner." I was like :eek: since I had never even seen a typewriter before, much less ever used one! They thought it was downright hilarious that I hadn't seen or used one before (and I thought they were incredibly outdated and strange for still having one). :)

Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for.

But I do know that one and one is two,
And if this one could be with you,
What a wonderful world this would be.

Now i don't claim to be an "A" student,
But I'm trying to be.
'Coz maybe by being an "A" student baby
I can win your love for me.

This was my first computer:
http://www.eskimo.com/~peteyboy/applsys.gif

Are you sure that's not a pepper mill?

Believe it or not, that's what people caled Curtas - peppermills! :D

That takes me back to my grade school days, playing Oregon Trail all day long.

My grade school later sold all the old Apples in a school yard sale and I bought one for around $30, including Oregon Trail and some other software. However, my mom gave it away when I went to college.

My mom found one out in the garage yesterday. That was my suggestion for it:).

Oh, I was all about that Oregon Trail. I used to purposely starve to death because I just couldn't bring myself to shoot that buffalo. He looked so sad, like he was pleading with me, who was I to tell him 'no'?

Who still has one of these? Mine's out in the garage.
http://www.liderdigital.com/imagenes...3/nintendo.jpg

Hey, it's not that old, but you know what? You have a blast from your past...I have mine:D

That phone is ginormous. It's what I refer to as the Zach Morris phone.


I remember having an Adam computer and playing Buck Rogers on it. LOL

http://oldcomputers.net/pics/adam-box.jpg

now that last calculator was scary. i, too, had a slide rule and learned to type "old school."
you can appreciate where we are now, if you look back to the then.

I didn't get a computer with a printer until 9th grade or so. So I used one of those for quite some time. I HATED it because the delete key never worked properly. My parents still have it somewhere I'm sure.

Man... Duck Hunt was the shit... :) ;)

My grandfather had like six or eight of these in his basement that we found after he passed away.

My mom sold them on ebay, they went for like over a grand each. Seriously my mom couldn't believe what people were willing to pay for them and some weren't even in good condition.

On the typewriters, sometimes you still need to use them b/c some documents (like government ones) you have to print out and then type onto the form.

My dad had one of those when he was in high school, I think. I had a scientific calculator when I was that age......it was purple and turquoise. Times sure have changed, eh?

My parents still have our old 286 computer in the basement with the big floppy disks. And I think the "Family Feud" disk still works on it! :)



My grandmother STILL has a Zach Morris cellphone. I crack up everytime I see it.

Hey, I think it's cool that your grandma was hip enough at that time to even have a cell phone!

I think my parents sold mine at a garage sale a number of years ago. They actually got quite a bit for the system and all of the games.

I remember when I got it for Christmas I was seriously pumped, especially for the hockey game (where you could either be the skinny guy, medium-sized or the fat guys).

bought the nintendo way back when the robot still came with the package.

I'll do you one better - mine is HOOKED UP TO THE TV!

Rad Racer, anyone?

holy crap, that thing is awesome.
http://www.silicium.org/images/catal...es/nes_rob.gif

I also say "Zach Morris phones"
 

Dude, what the heck is that robot?

We didn't have any until SNES.. though my cousin had a joystick game.

Did you know...
The keyboard was designed to be inefficient. The placement of the letters was designed to take a while to type, so that people on typewriters would make fewer mistakes and wouldn't have to start over as often.

Re: I also say "Zach Morris phones"
 

that's Nintendo's R.O.B., the Robotic Operating Buddy, that came along with moe.ron's NES. it was a periphreal gimmick, like the power glove, or the pad you run on. i never used one, but i hope they're like that robot from the movie Short Circuit.

i didn't know that.

Re: I also say "Zach Morris phones"
 

I really liked SNES; I think that if I had the time, I would probably get an old used one and play it every once in a while.

For right now though, I barely have time to play any of my PS2 games.