<VV> slide rule

[Tony Underwood]

At 02:37 PM 1/26/2007, airvair wrote:
>Hey, I still have my slide rule from college. And it still works just as
>good as it did then. No batteries needed! (G)
>
>-Mark




There's something to that batteries thing.    I have a pretty nice 
slide rule that I like a lot, bought it at a flea market for 50 
cents, which was kinda sad because it's a classy piece that cost some 
bucks new.    Obsolete...

Or is it?   My buddy who works for the railroad in the electrics 
shops repairing computers on locomotives (Roanoke is and always has 
been a railroad town) carries a slide rule with him to work 
daily.    Says it comes in handy on occasion, and it always works.

I also recall an interview with an engine builder for a pro race team 
Back When, in the '60s, who said he never opened the door to the 
machine ship unless he had his slide rule with him.

What worked then should still work now.


tony..