Nice find at a thrift store :-)

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..and it's in better shape than this one. For $1.99. :D:D:D

Not that I need one, but it will sure make my dad's day. :):)

Relatively rare, too.

http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/texas_instruments_calculators.html
 
I have to smile, seeing that. As a young engineering student in the early '70's, that — or one very similar to it — was my first calculator. My prof still insisted on slide rules for many operations, but I was in love with that calculator.
 
Thanks for the cool site link SJ. I still have my HP-21 from 1976 (complete with faux leather, faux fur lined case).

Jeff
 
Sweet. I remember one of the guys coming into alg class with his TI back in '73.

We all envied it because it kept him from using log tables or the slip-stick....

A little too cost-prohibitive (relatively) back then.

I did eventually pick up (and still have both) an HP15C, then a 28S.

Love the RPN...

Great post man, great post.
 
Great old calculator.

I still have an HP35 that works and I use my beloved HP15C all the time.
 
Gollnick,

I still have a HP-35 but i think the switch isn't making good contact. Do you know how to take apart the case to clean the switch contacts?

My HP12c is still going strong. I've only changed the batteries three times since I got it in 1984.

I still have a couple of slide rules too.

Ric
 
Not retro but I love my Metric conversion calculator: F-C, feet-metres, oz-grams, etc. handy tool for dealing with info from the USA.
 
My father's generic counterpart is in a cabinet in the kitchen.

I have the older style TI-89. If you know what you're doing, the CAS can really speed things along.
 
Cool find, made me take a better look at the TI 85 sitting on my desk and think how far things have come since the 70s.
 
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