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#330015 - 08/04/11 08:46 PM Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed?
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#330054 - 08/05/11 05:02 PM Re: Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed? [Re: Scottyee]
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Come along way haven't we? It's amazing how that first electronic calculator took up a small room. Where as today they are the size of an i-phone, and on the i-phone as well.

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#330075 - 08/05/11 11:42 PM Re: Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed? [Re: analogcontrolfreak]
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Originally Posted By: analogcontrolfreak
Come along way haven't we?

Yes, pretty amazing, and to top that, the first calculator was actually the abacus, going back many centuries.

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#330081 - 08/06/11 04:03 AM Re: Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed? [Re: Scottyee]
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That's right. The Chinese came up with using the abacus to do calculations. Of course you can still find those.

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#330087 - 08/06/11 08:18 AM Re: Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed? [Re: Scottyee]
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An Abacus Calculator Demonstration: rocker


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#330102 - 08/06/11 05:24 PM Re: Wow: How Much Have Calculators Changed? [Re: Scottyee]
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Very cool Scottyee, thank you for sharing!

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