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[ale] OT - Portable Drive
- Subject: [ale] OT - Portable Drive
- From: yahoo at jimpop.com (Jim Popovitch)
- Date: Mon Dec 10 17:07:40 2007
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <1197322479.17308.14.camel@localhost> <[email protected]>
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 16:47 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> Here's the first computer I worked with:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2k7lde
:-)
> Later one of these:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/32sob9
I recall reading something a few years back that blamed the poor quality
of EE students coming out of schools on the lack of teaching
sliderulers. I never studied sliderulers in school, but I do recall my
father (now a retired mechanical engineer) teaching me how to use one
when I was a kid. I can't say that I ever have used that skill, but it
hasn't hurt knowing it. ;-)
-Jim P.