The ultimate pilot watch

Anyone remember the Texas Instument hand held calculator when they came out? $400? All it did was add, subtract, multiply, & divide, no memory. Red LED display? I bought one and thought I was in tall cotton!
 
Those are just the cheap ones that won't last very long if you play with it. Then you get to buy the good ones.

Keane said:
Actually it says that they are!
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Geico266 said:
Anyone remember the Texas Instument hand held calculator when they came out? $400? All it did was add, subtract, multiply, & divide, no memory. Red LED display? I bought one and thought I was in tall cotton!
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Those were absolutely AMAZING!! My brother got one and I was so jealous. I'd take it when he wasn't paying attention and add numbers. Wow. 2+2 really does equal 4!!!!!!!:D
 
Those LED watches were slick too. Black, until you pressed the button. Wow. Just. Wow.

So how long until the Japanese make his atomic watch tiny?? :D
 
flyersfan31 said:
Those LED watches were slick too. Black, until you pressed the button. Wow. Just. Wow.
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yep - had one of those. Pretty cool, press the button once and it showed the time, press it again to get the date. I really wish I still had it laying around somewhere, it would be cool to dust it off and wear it again to impress the chicks.
 
Geico266 said:
Anyone remember the Texas Instument hand held calculator when they came out? $400? All it did was add, subtract, multiply, & divide, no memory. Red LED display? I bought one and thought I was in tall cotton!
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You should have bought the HP-35... :D

Still have mine. Last time I checked it even worked (batteries are shot, of course).
 
TI SR-10 was a 4 banger with square, square root, inverse and scientific notation. I bought mine in the spring of 1973 for $169.95. Couldn't afford the $395 price tag on the HP 35.
 
I had one too, bought in fall of 1969 for $400. Also had a Hartmann attache that cost $400, calculator took up half of it. Still have the Hartmann, but handle is busted. I think the display was green.

Geico266 said:
Anyone remember the Texas Instument hand held calculator when they came out? $400? All it did was add, subtract, multiply, & divide, no memory. Red LED display? I bought one and thought I was in tall cotton!
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My mom worked for the late Edward Marcus, who was Chairman of Neiman-Marcus, and the annual catalog (the "Christmas Book") was his baby. Once, visiting The Store, Mr. Marcus showed me the new electronic calculator they were considering selling (at some stunning price I cannot recall). It was several pounds, and had Nixie tubes. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/sony-sobax.html
 
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