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[surroundsoundman]

Sweet. This summer I may be building one, depending on when I get this hip surgery and recover.

Good Luck to you with your hip and a rack build. Helpful Tip... The best thing that I did was to put wheels on the bases. It makes life so much easier when you need to add, remove, or connect anything.

 

[surroundsoundman]

And the highlight to me is the Predicta TV's. Do they work?

The answer is really no. But the Predictas do light up, but due to internal component degradation over the years, you really want to unplug them asap.

 

[MidiMagic]

WOW, You had a slide rule ?
All I had was an Abacus !

 

[MidiMagic]

WOW, You had a slide rule ?
All I had was an Abacus !

Wow! 13 digit.

Did you know that, before this was a game, it was a calculator?

8-digit, with 8 registers.

This was the counting board. And it is why the desk with the cash register is called a counter. It was carved into one end of the counter.

A special marker (not part of a checker set) placed the decimal point. I know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and extract square roots on one.

The game appeared when clerks with nothing to do played checkers.

 

[ar surround]

Wow! 13 digit.

Did you know that, before this was a game, it was a calculator?

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8-digit, with 8 registers.

This was the counting board. And it is why the desk with the cash register is called a counter. It was carved into one end of the counter.

A special marker (not part of a checker set) placed the decimal point. I know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and extract square roots on one.

The game appeared when clerks with nothing to do played checkers.

Link? I must find out how to calculate a square root using a checker board!

 

[mandrix]

Wow! 13 digit.

Did you know that, before this was a game, it was a calculator?

View attachment 112487

8-digit, with 8 registers.

This was the counting board. And it is why the desk with the cash register is called a counter. It was carved into one end of the counter.

A special marker (not part of a checker set) placed the decimal point. I know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and extract square roots on one.

The game appeared when clerks with nothing to do played checkers.

Well that's mostly true as I can find no reference to the game of checkers. However grids were used with counters for calculations.
I confess I did have to google this one, and not to rain on your explanation but out of curiosity.

 

[stevendive]

Most often the most important part is the antenna.
Unless you run a 50-100 foot long outside wire, pickup up much is very iffy.

That’s very likely to be at least one reason ours didn’t work. I don’t remember anyone running a wire out the window, let alone a long enough one.

 

[timothyemerson]

Wow! 13 digit.

Did you know that, before this was a game, it was a calculator?

View attachment 112487

8-digit, with 8 registers.

This was the counting board. And it is why the desk with the cash register is called a counter. It was carved into one end of the counter.

A special marker (not part of a checker set) placed the decimal point. I know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and extract square roots on one.

The game appeared when clerks with nothing to do played checkers.

I recently saw a YouTube video on how to perform the calculations! Pretty interesting. Can't for the life of me remember how to do it though. Some diagonal sliding involved.

 

[atlantasteve]

I finally have the audio home theater I always wanted…Until I want something new.