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| From | Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper |
| Date | 2020-08-07 10:05 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1bimdubfwh.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> (permalink) |
| References | <d17fbe8d-9f40-43f3-9924-ca273741cd1fo@googlegroups.com> |
Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> writes: > I was looking for information on K&E's abandoned prototype slide rule, the KE-Lon, > and found an article about how the demise of the slide rule was more gradual than > often acknowledged. > > That may be, but it certainly was still more rapid than most other replacements of > older products by new technologies. Where was that article? I bought my last slide rule intended for actual use (as opposed to many I've gotten since 'cause they're cool) as a high school senior in 1975. That fall, the Melcor SC-535 scientific calculator got cheap enough for a college freshman to buy (I want to say it went sub-$100, but I'm not sure on that memory). By 1977 I was teasing my Physics lab partner about being a Luddite since she was one of the last people in the department to still have a slide rule.
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If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-06 14:24 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Terry Kennedy <terry-groups@glaver.org> - 2020-08-06 16:59 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-06 17:22 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2020-08-08 16:10 -1000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Terry Kennedy <terry-groups@glaver.org> - 2020-08-08 21:07 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 10:07 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2020-08-09 11:04 -1000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2020-08-09 12:03 -1000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 15:30 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-07 10:24 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper timcaffrey420@gmail.com - 2020-08-07 11:26 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper timcaffrey420@gmail.com - 2020-08-07 11:33 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Terry Kennedy <terry-groups@glaver.org> - 2020-08-07 13:30 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-07 11:39 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-08-07 14:11 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-07 12:35 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-07 12:37 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 13:23 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2020-08-08 16:29 -1000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 13:21 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-07 11:31 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-08-07 10:05 -0600
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-08 14:23 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2020-08-15 11:42 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-15 21:48 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-07 12:36 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-07-07 17:03 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-07-07 23:13 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-07-08 09:51 -0600
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper char <char@code.ord> - 2021-07-08 17:56 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-07-08 09:31 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-07-08 18:14 +0000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper char <char@code.ord> - 2021-07-08 18:00 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-13 15:21 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-16 11:13 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 17:20 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-20 12:08 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-20 21:30 +0100
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-07-22 04:09 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-07-22 13:51 +0000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-07-22 14:50 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-07-07 22:20 +0100
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-07-07 18:52 -0600
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-13 15:15 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-07-14 00:02 +0000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-07-13 21:30 -0400
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-11 21:31 +0100
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-16 11:15 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-08-17 12:36 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-18 02:04 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-19 07:53 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2020-08-19 14:15 +0000
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-19 10:51 -0500
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2020-08-15 11:39 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-08-15 21:54 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2021-07-27 22:58 -0700
Re: If Memory Had Been Cheaper David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2020-08-16 21:44 +0000
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