Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm a bit older than Marc, and am perhaps more comfortable than he with calculators (I wrote programs for the HP65 and HP41 calculators, and primitive income tax planning programs for our law firm's Wang minicomputers before the IBM PC first saw the light of day) but still use a slide rule in the darkroom when I need to interpolate time/temperatures or figure enlargement factors. But none of my kids have any interest in the things. My weapon of choice is the Pickett Power Log Exponential, a Log Log Dual Base model that I picked up for $5 when a store was closing them out 25 years ago. I not only have the nerd belt case for it as well as the instruction book, but also its companion 6" pocket model with its own nerd pocket protector case. I keep the small one in my briefcase for those times when I feel the need to amaze a friend or confound an enemy. Cheers, Kip Marc James Small wrote, in part: > I am 50. I am still more comfortable with a slide rule (I have a K&E 10" > Log-Log Duplex Decitrig, for what it is worth) than a calculator.