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Old 08-13-2018, 2:26pm   #1
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Is that piston and rod in the lower left corner from one of dad's expensive misadventures?
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Is that piston and rod in the lower left corner from one of dad's expensive misadventures?


I have a matching one. We're both going to have a second one one of these days when I tear it down again.
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I have a matching one. We're both going to have a second one one of these days when I tear it down again.
I remember my dad had an ash tray made out of a huge aircraft piston. Probably a Rolls Royce because he worked on those during the 50s. I don't know whatever happened to it. Wish I still had it. It was sliced in half right at the wrist pin. Made a nice cradle for a pipe or cigar.
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pfft, i had a TI-55 calculator in college, or maybe it was a 53 or 51.....it was great! and an electric typewriter, for term papers!
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pfft, i had a TI-55 calculator in college, or maybe it was a 53 or 51.....it was great! and an electric typewriter, for term papers!
I traded a calculator (and some cash) for a Commodore 64 in 1986 in my first year of college. This insane technical obsession I have started then. The next year I bought $10,000 of computer equipment, including a scanner, color dot matrix printer, Laser Jet printer and a 386 computer with 16MB of memory. That's when I learned I could write this stuff off of my taxes as a small business owner. That huge expense was a big gamble, and it's what created who I am today.
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i currently have a TI-36X on my desk.....
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Pix or it didn't happen.
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I have a Radio Shack Calculator from the early 70s. It is in the original vinyl folder/sleeve with the original instruction manual. Cat No. 65-851, model EC 440. It has no battery and it is solar powered. It's a basic four function calculator.


It was my Dad's calculator and it was in his briefcase he used when he sold real estate part time in the late 60s/early 70s. May dad had died in 1990 and the briefcase had not been opened since at least that year. I came into possession of it in '04 when my mom died. I pulled it out of the briefcase, turned it on and it worked. Solar powered and in the dark for 14+ years. I just went and got it from where I keep it. It probably has not had the sleeve opened in around ten years. It still worked.


I wonder if it's worth anything?
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Looks extremely well used! Somebody knows what they are doing with that.
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Maybe.
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just slid it out of the case, the little 'how to' card underneath says copyright 1996 TI.....

i didn't think it was that old....i was on job #3 of my illustrious career at that point, i must have had some $$$ laying around to buy a new calculator at that point.

also says 'made in China'..

but i was told there would be no math. but if that changes, i'm ready.....
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Maybe.
I just looked on Ebay out of curiosity. Very few of the many Radio Shack calculators were going for more than $20. I found one exactly like mine but with no owner's manual and a little scuffed up for $19.99. Oh, well. I wouldn't want to sell it anyway.
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pfft, i had a TI-55 calculator in college, or maybe it was a 53 or 51.....it was great! and an electric typewriter, for term papers!
When I got my milling machine, a Ti-55 was part of the package deal.

I gave it to my StepDad as he worked for TI when it was built. He was part of the team that developed the chips to make it work.

I gave him the calculator, both books/manuals plus the cover, charger and the box. My Mom said he was like a little kid at Christmas when he opened it
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here's the calculators I have in my home shop. I have two more Ti 36X at work too
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I have another in the shop. TI, but I’m not sure which model.
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Just so the apple doesn't get lost as it falls from the tree.
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