John J. Devine wrote:
Being rusty technically, haven't used a sliderule in almost a half century, the best I can say is don't squabble. Technology is supposed to be fun! At least I made it that way working for a living in aerospace al alia.
Yes, well, totally off topic of course, but I am proud to say that one of my most prized posessions is the K & E slide rule I inherited from my father when he passed on. Can't do more than multiply and divide with it, but never mind. Is it possible to do hex math on a slide rule? You can find a slide rule emulator written in Java here: http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/javaslide/javaslide.html -- ================================================================= Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Now we understand the principles renounced by the masters, and studying, we achieve still greater subtleties, so that art left behind imperfect by the previous generation will be improved by the composers of the present generation." ----------------------------------------------------------------- -Philipoctus de Caserta, 1365 =================================================================