-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-11 at 13:06 -0500, Ed McCanless wrote:
I still have my Dad's old rule, made of bamboo with an ivory veneer. I believe they came in three qualities back then, all bamboo, ivory veneer (as the one I have), and all ivory. The slides are celluloid, and have to be protected from sunlight.
I have no idea about that. I have three or four, all inherited from an uncle and from my father, all used professionally. I think they are made from ivory, but I can't certify it and I'm not disassembling them to know! My times at school were of paper and the beginning of calculators, which were very expensive back then in Spain. Four rules and bigger than a cigarette package, with some kind of fluorescent display. No, no linux on them, I'm afraid - just to stay on topic briefly ;-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFVmKotTMYHG2NR9URAoLQAJ4o/CzaxntDw9T0aQNLu0Y5KApjRgCfXlUO awH+TkTcl0NN7EYCJFJsEdQ= =SyIE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org