The VINYL Thread!
05-05-26 | 10:50 PM
#4576
Re: The VINYL Thread!
I've had this Sharp calculator since I was a kid.
It's chunky and takes AAA batteries, and the thing still runs despite being almost fifty years old. The vinyl case fell apart.
The Texas Instruments scientific calculators I used in high school would quit working after about a year. The Casio graphing calculator I had in college also didn't outlast my college years. But this thing I had since I was five or six years old still runs like new.
It's chunky and takes AAA batteries, and the thing still runs despite being almost fifty years old. The vinyl case fell apart.
The Texas Instruments scientific calculators I used in high school would quit working after about a year. The Casio graphing calculator I had in college also didn't outlast my college years. But this thing I had since I was five or six years old still runs like new.
I recently acquired a HP-45 that I used the DeoxIT on and it works great now. I’ve been bringing old calculators and watches back to life lately and I guess it goes along with the nostalgia of re-appreciating old vinyl, which still amazes me with the lasting quality of it. Maybe it’s worth starting a thread in Tech Talk about the electronic devices.
05-05-26 | 11:29 PM
#4577
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The VINYL Thread!
(Moving to Calculator Talk...)
My high school calculator. I can't believe it still runs off a battery the age of which I couldn't even guess. It's a rebranded Casio FX-3600P.
I 'cleverly' inverted the mode button so if someone stole it, I'd be able to identify it as my own.
My high school calculator. I can't believe it still runs off a battery the age of which I couldn't even guess. It's a rebranded Casio FX-3600P.
I 'cleverly' inverted the mode button so if someone stole it, I'd be able to identify it as my own.
