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On 2015-06-01 16:51, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:26:49 -0000, alister writes:
>> I don't think anyone programmed a Sinclair computer to use
>> pre-decimal currency, we converted to decimal in 1971 (although the
>> last pre-decimal coin did not go out of use untill 1993)
>
> Interesting.  Somebody sent me one that supposedly was written for
> then a few years ago.  Maybe it was doing 'old style accounting' for
> fun?  I will have to go ask that person about it.  Thank you for
> letting me know.
>
1971 was also the year we started the switch over to the metric system.
It was going to be done gradually over a 10-year period. It's still a
work in progress...