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On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:16:17 -0500, Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>On 4/30/14 10:56 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
>
>> There is a nice Javascript simulation of the N4-ES here:
>>
>> http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n4es/virtual-n4es.html
>>
>
>Thank you!
>
>The N4-ES and the N4-T (mine) are essentially the same rule. The N4-ES 
>on the site is yellow (mine is white) and the site rule indicates Picket 
>& Eckel Inc. (that's where the E comes from)  Also the the ES states 
>Chicage Ill USA where the T states Made in USA.

	ES was for "Eye-Saver" -- the yellow background vs the bright white of
the other models.

	For the audience who might be interested...
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html
(The N515T is available for $95)
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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