Calculating tools

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Re: Calculating tools

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Talking of Beep, does anyone remember a story from OMNI magazine about a time traveller who takes a calculator back in time as a gift for Isaac Newton? (I think the calculator was described as having a red LED display and a nuclear battery!)
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I remember a story of Valentin Abillo about such a topic IIRC - the calculator was an HP-10C.
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Re: Calculating tools

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This one: Time Voyager?
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dlachieze wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2018 8:27 am
This one: Time Voyager?
Exactement!
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I think that Time Voyager story would have been a bit too geeky for the Omni audience! I tracked the story down though: Newton's Gift by Paul J. Nahin. It was reprinted in a couple of his books, "Time Machine Tales" and "Number Crunching". (The "Number Crunching" book is mostly non-fictional essays, and probably the most relevant of the two for calculator fans!)
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ijabbott wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:42 am
I think that Time Voyager story would have been a bit too geeky for the Omni audience! I tracked the story down though: Newton's Gift by Paul J. Nahin. It was reprinted in a couple of his books, "Time Machine Tales" and "Number Crunching". (The "Number Crunching" book is mostly non-fictional essays, and probably the most relevant of the two for calculator fans!)
That brings back memories! I took a couple of electrical engineering courses that Dr Nahin taught. A final exam question dealt with the subject of time travel and the introduction of technology.
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I like the HP 9100 related images. Thanks for sharing!
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That was a wonderful story, thanks for sharing!
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