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Who here likes calculators? What's your favorite calculator? Any one collecting them? Thinking of getting this baby soon. Anyone have some experience with it?

>> No.5760564
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>> No.5760598
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>>5760508
TI 59. Have two, one for backup. I even have the TI 100C printer, but hardly use that.
(Image ripped from Google images)

>> No.5760622

>>5760508
a laptop and cellphone combination.

>> No.5760842

>>5760508
TI-84 + silver master race

>> No.5762634

TI 84 + here
not silver though :(

>> No.5762639

>>5760598
the TI 59 is such a wonderful calculator! That whole branch of calculators are

>> No.5762643

>>5760508
you should go up to girls at parties and tell them about your calculator collection

>> No.5762647
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The Curta.
Developed by the Jerrys in ww2 to keep track of fuel usage in fighter planes.
Numbers up to 9 digits.

>> No.5762648

Best calc for a STEM major?

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>>5762647
It can add subtract multiply and divide.
One article I read said the warranty is almost as much as the device itself because nearly everyone who buys one takes it apart and can't put it back together.

>> No.5762649

>>5762648
slide ruler

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I've got an HP 50G, eh's a bretty cool guy, doesn't afraid of TI faggotry and is super powerful.

>> No.5762651

>>5762649
Awesome!
a circular slide rule is the next best thing to a Curta.

>> No.5762658

>>5760508
The Tiger:
a desk type of the cylindrical mechanical calculator.

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>>5762658

ops. here's the tiger

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The lack of abacus in this thread is disheartening

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Tiger innards

>> No.5762670

I am a math major. What calculator should I get? price is not a problem.

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>>5762666
my bad.

>> No.5762676

>>5762674
the fuck is that lol

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>>5762670
for computer science this binary abacus is perfect.

>> No.5762683

>>5762676
electronic abacus with printer of course.

http://www.metaformdesign.com/pages/abacus.html

>> No.5762689

>>5762678
I said math not computer science. I'm taking advanced calculus next semester.

>> No.5762706

>>5760508

>using calculators instead of looking tabulated values for each function
top lel

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>>5762689
I know. I was ignoring you because you are boring.
Here, have a multiplication device from the 1800s.