Retro computing - sliderule

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RetroJoe Senior Member Joined: 06/08/2020 Location: Canada Posts: 290	Posted: 03:00pm 08 Dec 2020         GerryL said    It used discrete components and an acoustic delay line for the memory plus a CRT for the display, amazing for its time Wow, amazing museum piece! The 1960s “jet stream” design is classic.I assume it’s still working? Would love to see a video of in operation. P.S. Nice work on the virtual slide rule, Jim. My dad had a K&E, and I remember playing with it and  being fascinated by the sheer mechanical precision of the thing. By the time I reached high school, “slide rule calculators” were already cheap enough that my generation didn’t learn how to use actual slide rules, but one of my science teachers did a multiply and divide demonstration for the class as a kind of novelty, and maybe to deliver a variation of “you kids are so soft, and have it so easy” lecture that I give my kids on a regular basis :)