Friends,
It’s been a little while since I wrote about the pretty dead and not alive Toshiba T1000. I think that there’s probably somebody who wants the bits that remain, like the display, case and floppy drive, so I was thinking about selling. There’s a lot of other stuff to sell as well, like clamshell iBook batteries, Powerbook G3 pieces, and other computer stuff.
What I’ve turned my attention to at the moment is completing the handheld calculator wing of Musée de l’Informatique Anciens. Sure, I’ve got Rockwell four-bangers, Casio melody calculators, and a model that didn’t feel the need to include a decimal point. They’ve got red LEDs, LCD displays, and the collection includes my very first calculator—a green LED Casio four-function. It’s my favorite, but the next one was a gem that was extremely popular…
The Texas Instruments TI-30 digital slide rule. Yeah, that’s right. They used that marketing to differentiate this student-focused model from the pro-level “scientific” models. Mine came in a package with a great book that I read over and over again, The Great International Math On Keys Book. I went from junior high pre-algebra failure to college math major by paying attention to the processes in this book (and a few others).
I still have the book, but I don’t know where the calculator went. Time to find a replacement, I think.
They made a bazillion of them, so it should be easy to find another one.
Your pal,
– bob
UPDATE: Replacement TI-30 has been ordered and is on its way! Very exciting.