[Laser] Re: fundmentals

[Art]

>THEN, the HP 35 calculator came out..  MANNA from HEAVEN for 
>surveyors.  Now, I just read that Curtas, works of mechanical art, 
>fetch $1700 now, they were about $180 back then.  HP pocket 
>calculators were $400 in 1971  are collector's items but equiv power 
>calculators (with trig functions)  now are about $10 at the local Wal-Mart.


I remember standing in line for 2 hours at the college bookstore. 
They had a shipment of TI SR-50 calculators that were going to be on 
sale for $150 each. It was a steal back then, which was in '73 I 
think. We got first crack at them, but there were barely enough for 
the students in ET, and we had some students from neighboring schools 
in the same line. It was a mad house!

Enjoy.

Art