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I was in High school from 1979-1983. The TI-30 came out a couple of years before. My class was the first not to be taught to use sliderules.
Physics lab still had an old desktop - 50 lb! - calculator, chained up! Each digit was made up of 10 individual filaments.
As far as computers, the high school had a PR1ME 300 main-frame with core memory. I've forgotten how much memory (32KB or 48KB). It was 16bit, and was probably installed around 1974/75. I started using it around 1976. It came with 3MB if disk space. It eventually had 18MB additional storage and we were able to get it to 32 (well, 31) users. I've forgotten how many modems we had connected, probably 8.
Pretty amazingly advanced for the time.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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