My first calculator in the late '50s was a Lafayette 99-71029 log log duplex
decitrig bamboo 12" rule followed shortly by the Pickett aluminum 6" pocket
rule. Followed eventually by the HP-35 and thereafter by the Rat Shack
Model II with a whopping 64k of memory.

Current favorite for serious design work is the Athlon 64 bit 3200. For
desk quick and dirty, the Casio $8 fx82l from Staples is more than enough.
Followed, of course, by the Pickett when the power goes out.

My x-xyl made me up a little shadow box with the Pickett mounted in the
center and an engraved plaque that says "In Case Of Emergency Break Glass".

Jim



"Tom Ring" wrote in message
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So, what calculators do you like best?

And, of course, why.