Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Tuesday, 2018-02-13 at 09:34 +0200, Dave Plater wrote:
On 12/02/18 21:04, Stevens wrote:
While we are going down this rabbit hole, I have a complete TI 99/4a system with tape reader, 5" floppies and expansion cabinets (2) and some of the rom software: DOD, Calc, etc plus manuals. Been trying to find it a new home. Need to find a history buff or museum or something. Ancient History is the thread, hope I'm not hijacking. Located in north central Texas, north of Dallas.
Somewhere like this maybe: http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com I found this site looking for the Victor 4900 which I used to repair and where I performed my first programming updating the tax tables for a company that used it for wages.
I had a TI-58C as student:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-59_/_TI-58
I programmed a space shuttle simulator, but it was too slow and didn't respond well. It filled all the memory to capacity.
I failed one exam at least due to that calculator: the keys bounced, so that one could get 123.444456 without noticing.
We're going well off-topic, but this contrasts starkly with what I was taught and what my son is taught now - as long as the method you've applied and documented is correct, the end result is less important, a minor typo on the calculator does not detract. In real life it's often the other wary around, of course :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org