Old calculators...
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
I have a similarly venerable calculator, a Casio FX 83. Still being sold as new and must have been around for 20 years.
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
OriginalGriff wrote:
Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered.
This always amazed me. I've got a few sitting around at home which have never had their batteries changed and are literal decades old whereas my cousin's calculator, bought for graphing, has to haev a new battery every 6 months.
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Makes me wonder where my trusty graphical calculator is now that I got 8 years ago, as a required tool for A-level maths, so glad I do have to do that any more... [edit] Also, I misspelt "any more" as one word, in Chrome, I right clicked, and the suggestions included "claymore" and "Barrymore". :laugh:
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Makes me wonder where my trusty graphical calculator is now that I got 8 years ago, as a required tool for A-level maths, so glad I do have to do that any more... [edit] Also, I misspelt "any more" as one word, in Chrome, I right clicked, and the suggestions included "claymore" and "Barrymore". :laugh:
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
phannon86 wrote:
I misspelt "any more" as one word
You have no idea how happy it makes me to see someone recognise that it's a misspelling! You get a 5 for that alone.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Makes me wonder where my trusty graphical calculator is now that I got 8 years ago, as a required tool for A-level maths, so glad I do have to do that any more... [edit] Also, I misspelt "any more" as one word, in Chrome, I right clicked, and the suggestions included "claymore" and "Barrymore". :laugh:
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
A Claymore would screw you in the head, a Barrymore, however ,would....
Top, middle, or bottom?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote:
A Claymore would screw you in the head, a Barrymore, however ,would....
Top, middle, or bottom?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Wiping the coffee droplets off my screen right now.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
A Claymore would screw you in the head, a Barrymore, however ,would....
Top, middle, or bottom?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote:
A Claymore would screw you in the head, a Barrymore, however ,would....
Top, middle, or bottom?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Makes me wonder where my trusty graphical calculator is now that I got 8 years ago, as a required tool for A-level maths, so glad I do have to do that any more... [edit] Also, I misspelt "any more" as one word, in Chrome, I right clicked, and the suggestions included "claymore" and "Barrymore". :laugh:
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Chrome drew a good suggestion there. :)
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
I think I bought my HP 11 in 1987 - currently on it's second set of batteries I think.
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Wiping the coffee droplets off my screen right now.
Baconbutty wrote:
Wiping the coffee droplets off my screen right now.
Is that the latest euphemism? I'm so behind the times.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Baconbutty wrote:
Wiping the coffee droplets off my screen right now.
Is that the latest euphemism? I'm so behind the times.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
The joke was funny..but not THAT funny :)
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I have a similarly venerable calculator, a Casio FX 83. Still being sold as new and must have been around for 20 years.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
meh, I've still got and use my fx-7000g
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Just switched on my Sharp EL-5808. On its second set of batteries since 1979. :cool: /ravi
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I have a similarly venerable calculator, a Casio FX 83. Still being sold as new and must have been around for 20 years.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
OriginalGriff wrote:
I just realized I never have replaced the batteries
I'm waiting for Henry to turn up and say he has never had to change the beads on his ....! :-D
Ali
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I just realized I never have replaced the batteries
I'm waiting for Henry to turn up and say he has never had to change the beads on his ....! :-D
Ali
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:laugh: I see you are stealing Trigger's material ..... Rodney! (Be sure to think about that ;) )
Ali
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I have an old - and I realised today it must be nearly twenty years since I bought it - Sharp EL-5020 programmable calculator, and I realised I had forgotten how to put it into Hex mode. No problem, I'll look on t'interweb for a manual. Found it, no hassle. By then though, I had worked it out (press the button marked "->HEX", it wasn't complex, just Monday morning). Then I noticed in the results was fleaBay - and sure enough, brand new, was this calculator. How likely is it that a twenty-year-old piece of ephemera (and calculators are indeed such) would be working now, much less still buy-able? Even more, I just realized I never have replaced the batteries, and it isn't solar powered. :omg:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
I replaced the batteries for my Casio fx-5000F[^] last year. I still have the manual on my bookshelf, but I think it's also available online.
