When I was a freshman in college, Texas Instruments had just released their “inexpensive” version of a calculator to compete with the “expensive” HP one. Several students had one or the other. The college decided to have a contest to see who could calculate the fastest with their calculators by having them multiply and divide a series of numbers. I protested that I should be allowed to compete with my slide rule. They finally humored me and let me compete too. I won.
When I was a freshman in college, Texas Instruments had just released their “inexpensive” version of a calculator to compete with the “expensive” HP one. Several students had one or the other. The college decided to have a contest to see who could calculate the fastest with their calculators by having them multiply and divide a series of numbers. I protested that I should be allowed to compete with my slide rule. They finally humored me and let me compete too. I won.