The Casio AL-1000
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The Casio AL-1000
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Re: The Casio AL-1000
#2This was the first calculator I used in my job, at COMASP, 1970.
Re: The Casio AL-1000
#3The bits of core memory are so big you can count them --- there's 448 in total, arranged as an array of 28 x 16.
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#4The bits of core memory are so big you can count them --- there's 448 in total, arranged as an array of 28 x 16.
Yes, but there were no trigonometric functions - it was difficult to use!
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#5$900 in 1967 is equivalent to $6,776 today!! And this was considered "cheap"??
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#6The bits of core memory are so big you can count them --- there's 448 in total, arranged as an array of 28 x 16.
Yes, but there were no trigonometric functions - it was difficult to use!
That's when you pulled out your trusty slide-rule. I never used one but my EE teachers always talked about them.
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#7Cool website. I sometimes miss searching for a topic and finding personal sites like this, with interesting content and to the point.
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#8$900 in 1967 is equivalent to $6,776 today!! And this was considered "cheap"??
I considered buying a nixie tube clock recently.
Those nixie tubes aren't cheap!!
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but there were no trigonometric functions - it was difficult to use!
That's when you pulled out your trusty slide-rule. I never used one but my EE teachers always talked about them.
My dad, a mechanical engineer passed his ruler to me. It was almost a mini ceremony of sorts. It was special to him , but by that time nobody used them, and aside for some playing with it a bit I never used it for anything else.
Re: The Casio AL-1000
#10Cool website. I sometimes miss searching for a topic and finding personal sites like this, with interesting content and to the point.
The ultimate one for this is: