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EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months ago

Five times faster than a sliderule (1972)

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Five times faster than a sliderule (1972)

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EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months ago
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Also weighs less than 14 lbs.

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  • 7uWqKj@lemmy.world
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    Back when HP was known for outstanding calculators and not for shitty printers.

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    Even in 1972, the idea of “you won’t carry a calculator with you everywhere” was bullshit.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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      Sometimes I think about a parallel alternate history where the portable computing device grew out of the calculator not the phone.

      • EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.caOP
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        “Not as clumsy or random as a phone. An elegant computing device for a more civilized time.” - Obi Wan Kenobi

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      Adjusted for inflation, this device cost five hundred dollars.

      • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Let me have fun

      • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zip
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        did you use a calculator for that

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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          And how much does the phone they did it on cost? More than $500 I bet

  • DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works
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    Here’s the entry in the HP museum

  • HamsterRage@lemmy.ca
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    RPN baby!

    RPN.

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