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I don't get that either. They are still standard here in the UK in A-level + university courses, are readily available in lots of shops and perfectly good bits of kit (I use a TI86 regularly if I want to "get shit done" still!)

Stuff that does maths doesn't really get old or forgotten.

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Slide rules? I have a couple, but never learned more than the basics before the TI-30 came along, and have forgotten most of what I had learned.

I have my father's and my grandfather's slide rules, but I have no idea how to work them. But they're great geek conversation pieces.

Ok I give you that :)

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