Sensible Train Spotting

[AlexJ]

I've got one of those calculators I think, with red 7 segment numbers and a 9V battery (that didn't last very long)?

[Buleste]

It has the 9v battery. It can +,-,*,/and % and it has a memory function. Its great.

[Harrison]

But more importantly, it still works! You can't say that about most more recent electronics.

[Stephen Coates]

I've never used a Commodore calculator.

I like my Casio calculator which i got in 2004. No idea how long it'll last but it works fine now.

[Harrison]

At A-level we all bought the (at the time) new graphical scientific Casio calculators (good for cheating in exams), which allowed for graphical graphs to be plotted, as well as being able to program them, and mine is still working perfectly. And I've only ever had to replace the batteries once.

The one I got looks quite cool too with a flip open case and touch buttons, which is quite unusual for a calculator.

It is this FX-7500G one:



Although I tend to use a most standard Sharp one I have for most things.

How sad, we are now discussing calculators!

[Buleste]

From computer games about train spotting to calculators. And we wonder why there are no women on this site.........

[Stephen Coates]

Nothing wrong with discussing calculators. They are very important. I have to use them all the time at college (and would be stuck without them).