[gameprogrammer] Re: Gift Tech!
- From: grant hallman <unilogic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 04:24:23 -0500
At 07:52 PM 24-12-04 -0600, you wrote:
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>So.... what is the coolest tech gift or game you ever got?
U know this question is unfair to us old guys, coz Santa didn't have much
to choose from in the old days ;) - but i'd have to go with the
"Chronomath" i got in 1979. It was sold by Radio Shack, built by Casio,
about the size of a modern cell phone. It had a 1-line vacuum fluorescent
display, and did basic clock, calendar and calculator jobs. It had 4
separate, independent alarms. It integrated time and math functions better
than anything i've seen since.
Gor a calculator watch or clock? Try this simple test: Your alarm is set
for 07:30, but tomorrow u want to get up 5 minutes earlier. Even tho your
alarm clock/calculator has a full numeric keypad, u will still be forced to
set a "set alarm" mode, then hold down a button for "minute" and press some
"set" button **55**times**, to roll around from 07:30 to 07:25. For some
reason i've never understood, no device(*) i've seen in the last 20 years
that costs under $50, will let u key in a 7, a 2 and a 5 to set 7:25, even
when the numeric keys are right there.
(*) Actual cell phones and PDA's are an exception, but i refuse to buy a
whole extra cell phone or computer i don't need, just to use it for an
alarm clock. What i want, should cost $10 or $20. If anyone knows of such a
device - alarm clock with times settable from a numeric pad, please tell
me! My Chronomath has a flakey switch, i can't get parts. So sad! ;)
Happy Holidays - grant :)
>Mine had to be my first computer with a hard drive. Technically it was a
>birthday present. It was a Novell (yeah they used to make computers)
>2010 executive workstation with a 4mhz z80 64k of RAM and a *HUGE* 4
>megabyte hard drive. What a computer that was....
>
>Second best had to be the Van DeGraff generator kit I got for Christmas
>when I was in seventh grade (that was 39 years ago folks). I had a lot
>of fun with that thing. The things you can do with a 150,000 volts, some
>glass plates, and aluminum foil :-)
>
> Bob Pendleton
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