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Topic: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread (Read 92800 times)
Zagnorch
MAJIN SONIC'S BLOODLUST MUST BE SATED!
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #45 on:
March 11, 2015, 10:59:53 PM »
Quote from: shoboni on March 09, 2015, 08:03:49 PM
I have an old PDA(like, black and green digital-watch quality screen old) that's still complete in the box around here somewhere I snagged from Goodwill.
Also, I'm reading all Zag's posts in the voice Weird Al used for Cheese Sandwhich on MLP now.
I prefer you read my posts in the voice Eric Idle used as Wreck-Gar in
TransFormers: The Movie
... which coincidentally features Weird Al's
Dare to be Stupid
in the soundtrack.
ANYway, time to whip out my latest retro-tech scores:
[img width=700 height=530]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%20score%203-11-2015_zpsomb7tufl.jpg[/img]
- Two TI-83 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculators with a carrying case, courtesy of a certain fellow RF Gentleman.
- CIB Hewlett-Packard HP 19BII business calculator with manual,
$7.99
$5.59 with savings pass from the local Savers.
And not that you care, but I've picked up and flipped six regular-edition TI-83 Plus calcs in the last two weeks...
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #46 on:
March 12, 2015, 06:18:20 PM »
UPDATE:
While I thank you for the offers to add to my personal "collection" of calculators, I have no need for any more clutter in my household...
...
unless
it's fully-functioning TRS-80 pocket computers from the PC-1 to PC-4 series along with any associated peripherals, software, manuals, or guides. In that case, knock yourselves right on out. Thank you for your attention.
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #47 on:
March 14, 2015, 04:07:23 PM »
Well, okay, maybe I fibbed a little about not needing any more clutter; just take a gander at this:
[img width=543 height=381]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015a_zps3w4h0cgg.jpg[/img]
My very first HP 11C scientific calculator.
But wait... what is that box it's sitting on? Let's zoom out a little, aaaand...
[img width=637 height=465]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015b_zpsswswszbu.jpg[/img]
A CIB overhead-projector edition of the TI-73 graphing calculator! Let's pop this bad boy open and take a look...
[img width=700 height=442]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015c_zpsxf6bdfu8.jpg[/img]
[img width=700 height=355]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015d_zps5kg0subv.jpg[/img]
[img width=616 height=587]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015e_zpszaeapn3d.jpg[/img]
[img width=683 height=495]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015f_zpsrrc74imp.jpg[/img]
[img width=474 height=622]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015g_zpscnzr25uq.jpg?t=1426280368[/img]
Man, this thing is so neat...
[img width=518 height=580]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%203-14-2015h_zpsh1dblrnf.jpg[/img]
...I got
two
of 'em!
- 'Late
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #48 on:
March 22, 2015, 12:51:34 PM »
Hey now,
Pulled off a TI hat-trick at the local Savers:
[img width=620 height=527]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/gadget%203-21-2015_zpsd23w5n6k.jpg[/img]
To the left is a professional-edition BA-II business calculator. To the right is yet another TI-83 Plus graphing calc.
Aaaand front & center: a TI-5045 desktop model that I bought for a certain reason. Take a closer look, and you might figure out what that reason is:
[img width=510 height=597]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/gadget%203-21-2015b_zpsuexhuiry.jpg[/img]
It has a familiar color scheme and design, don't you think?
...'Late
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Ikariniku
Atari 7800
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #49 on:
April 01, 2015, 05:18:26 PM »
I have another score saved from the trash pile at work.
[img width=700 height=525]http://i.imgur.com/gyourxP.jpg[/img]
A Calculated Industries GradeMatic 200 from 1988. It's a specialty calculator for teachers with functions and buttons designed to make grading easier. I haven't extensively tested its functionality, but it does still seem to work.
On a whim, I decided to check if Calculated Industries was still around. They are! They're still making specialty calculators for a variety of purposes. The GradeMatic brand seems to be defunct, however.
I pretty much picked this up to make a post about it, so if anyone else is interested in this fine piece of calculator craftsmanship, let me know. I'll ship it out, free of charge!*
*Shipping free in the Continental U.S. Those outside the Continental U.S. please contact me for further details if interested.
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #50 on:
April 13, 2015, 11:48:49 PM »
Hey now,
Quote from: Ikariniku on April 01, 2015, 05:18:26 PM
I have another score saved from the trash pile at work.
[img width=700 height=525]http://i.imgur.com/gyourxP.jpg[/img]
A Calculated Industries GradeMatic 200 from 1988. It's a specialty calculator for teachers with functions and buttons designed to make grading easier. I haven't extensively tested its functionality, but it does still seem to work.
On a whim, I decided to check if Calculated Industries was still around. They are! They're still making specialty calculators for a variety of purposes. The GradeMatic brand seems to be defunct, however.
I pretty much picked this up to make a post about it, so if anyone else is interested in this fine piece of calculator craftsmanship, let me know. I'll ship it out, free of charge!*
*Shipping free in the Continental U.S. Those outside the Continental U.S. please contact me for further details if interested.
Yep, CI's made quite an effort to fill niches in finance, real estate, teaching, and even cooking. The only ones that are really flippable, however, are the Qualifier Plus IIIx and the Mortgage Qualifier Plus.
In other news, I've just had my very first "in-person" encounter with a TI-80 graphing calculator:
[img width=333 height=619]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/ti80_zpsi4mmlhkr.jpg?t=1428896681[/img]
'Late
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mumboking
Do you feel the heartbeat of the land?
PlayStation
Posts: 2683
Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #51 on:
April 22, 2015, 11:41:39 AM »
This interested me as soon as I saw the price...
It's a USB Lenovo/IBM TrackPad, TrackPoint and Keyboard (SK-8845)
[img width=512 height=341]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/DSC_0501.jpg[/img]
Want to guess the price I got this for?
Here's a clue... They seem to sell on eBay for ~£40.
This one
sold on eBay for... £107.55!
So, how much did this cost me?
One hell of a mis-price... £2!
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #52 on:
April 23, 2015, 07:09:59 PM »
Welcome to Part 2 of the Magical Coleman Cooler saga!
Check out Part 1 at
http://www.rfgeneration.c...13169.msg223131#msg223131
Take a gander at these bad boys:
[img width=700 height=440]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%204-23-2015a_zpsarrwympk.jpg?t=1429745705[/img]
From left to right:
- Texas Instruments BA-II Professional with slipcover,
$9.99
$7.00
- TI-82, $1.59
- Casio fx-120 scientific calculator with LED display, $3.59
- Radio Shack Spell-'N-Math, $2.49: not content to merely rip off Texas Instruments' Speak-'n-Spell and Speak-'n-Math, Radio Shack ripped both of them off at the same time and combined them!
Aaand finally...
[img width=700 height=536]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%204-23-2015b_zpsz2pbmq3r.jpg?t=1429745727[/img]
[img width=700 height=589]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%204-23-2015c_zpspsq5hi3x.jpg[/img]
[img width=605 height=609]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%204-23-2015d_zps9revuyqj.jpg[/img]
...A boxed Brady I.D. Pro handheld wire marker printer,
$12.99
$9.09: not exactly sure what a wire marker printer is, but it was just too cool-looking to pass up.
...'Late
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #53 on:
April 23, 2015, 08:33:10 PM »
It's what it says - you wrap it around a cable or wire to label what it is while working on it, like such:
[img width=235 height=215]http://cdn-us-cf.yottaa.net/545a363186305e508e0008c4/8dcb3c40474f0132283e12313d08f98b.yottaa.net/v~b.8f/cable-identification/wire-markers.jpg?yocs=_&yoloc=us[/img]
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Zagnorch
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #54 on:
April 23, 2015, 09:07:03 PM »
Quote from: Shadow Kisuragi on April 23, 2015, 08:33:10 PM
It's what it says - you wrap it around a cable or wire to label what it is while working on it, like such:
[img width=235 height=215]http://cdn-us-cf.yottaa.net/545a363186305e508e0008c4/8dcb3c40474f0132283e12313d08f98b.yottaa.net/v~b.8f/cable-identification/wire-markers.jpg?yocs=_&yoloc=us[/img]
Um... cool, I guess.
You, uh, wouldn't happen to be in the market for one of those, would ya?
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leej07
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #55 on:
April 25, 2015, 05:04:41 PM »
Found this in a dumpster outside. Still works perfectly.
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #56 on:
April 29, 2015, 12:22:41 PM »
Olivetti D300 Organizer 40KB with a NiteGlo LCD display! This was 50p:
[img width=512 height=640]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/DSC_0506.jpg[/img]
The case and driver CD for the keyboard I bought last time. Luckily they still had it in the shop.
Didn't mention the keyboard just in case they said anything about it's price being wrong. Was £2:
[img width=512 height=384]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/DSC_0507.jpg[/img]
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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Reply #57 on:
May 09, 2015, 11:49:55 PM »
Found this at the Mountain View Goodwill on the way home from work today:
[img width=700 height=330]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/tech%205-9-2015_zpstlfbbvib.jpg[/img]
A programmable Casio pocket computer from the mid-80s. Still have to open it up and pop in some new batteries...
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Hungrymoose
Atari 7800
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Re: The Small Gizmo-&-Gadget Scores thread
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May 10, 2015, 08:37:12 PM »
Got this at Goodwill. What the hell am I supposed to do with it? lol
[img width=700 height=411]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LE0_UprH8L0/VVAHIPtablI/AAAAAAAAA8A/wzfOvzKjSJc/w994-h585-no/2015_05_10_21_34_22.jpg[/img]
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Reply #59 on:
May 11, 2015, 01:40:11 AM »
Quote from: Hungrymoose on May 10, 2015, 08:37:12 PM
Got this at Goodwill.
What the hell am I supposed to do with it?
lol
[img width=700 height=411]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LE0_UprH8L0/VVAHIPtablI/AAAAAAAAA8A/wzfOvzKjSJc/w994-h585-no/2015_05_10_21_34_22.jpg[/img]
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