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To: SirChas; djf
slide rule..

Yeah, I used one in Electronics School way back when.. '69-'70...

I still have a few around, but probably would have trouble doing anything more complicated than multiplication with it now..

19 posted on 05/20/2005 11:39:54 PM PDT by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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To: Drammach
Yeah, I used one in Electronics School way back when.. '69-'70...

Me too! Also in physics!

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22 posted on 05/20/2005 11:42:31 PM PDT by SirChas
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To: Drammach

I used to have a round one with multiple wheels, one lg(10), and one lg(e), there was another, I forget which.


24 posted on 05/20/2005 11:46:17 PM PDT by djf (Sheep logic, or why sheep aren't mathematicians: I'll give up my freedom to preserve freedom)
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To: Drammach

Can you still remember the resistor color code? I'll bet you used the same "saying" that I was taught to remember it.


25 posted on 05/20/2005 11:46:42 PM PDT by SirChas
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