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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: ChuckJ on January 04, 2014, 08:08:13 PM
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Back in 1986 I bought a Radio Shack scientific calculator. It was a slim thing so I assume it had one of those flat quarter-sized or pill-sized batteries in it. I used it for 5 or 6 years then retired it to a desk drawer after buying an HP48.
Recently, while digging through my desk looking for something else I found the old Radio Shack calculator beneath a drawer organizer. I flicked the "on" switch not expecting anything to happen, but much to my surprise it came on. I then expected the readout to slowly fade away as the last vestiges of life drained from the battery, but it actually stayed on.
How long will those type of batteries last?
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Back in 1986 I bought a Radio Shack scientific calculator. It was a slim thing so I assume it had one of those flat quarter-sized or pill-sized batteries in it. I used it for 5 or 6 years then retired it to a desk drawer after buying an HP48.
Recently, while digging through my desk looking for something else I found the old Radio Shack calculator beneath a drawer organizer. I flicked the "on" switch not expecting anything to happen, but much to my surprise it came on. I then expected the readout to slowly fade away as the last vestiges of life drained from the battery, but it actually stayed on.
How long will those type of batteries last?
CR3032? Probably as long as 2 AAs.
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CR3032? Probably as long as 2 AAs.
This calculator is 27+ years old, and the battery has never been changed so I'm not sure what it has inside it.
edit: I just pulled the calc from it's little holder case and looked at the back. It says it uses a CR-2025.
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They could be energizers.
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Sometimes calculators have a little solar panel that "charges" the battery. Could the calculator have one of those?
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Hopefully Vesta won't come in this thread and tell us all how she found a dildo from 20 years ago and the batteries still work.
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Hopefully Vesta won't come in this thread and tell us all how she found a dildo from 20 years ago and the batteries still work.
:hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
Stop giving her ideas!
That's the kind of thing that prompts those long, rambling, nonsensical stream-of-consciousness posts of hers. Just a reference to something, oh ANYTHING that's even halfway sexual -- she's off to the races. :banghead:
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:hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
Stop giving her ideas!
That's the kind of thing that prompts those long, rambling, nonsensical stream-of-consciousness posts of hers. Just a reference to something, oh ANYTHING that's even halfway sexual -- she's off to the races. :banghead:
I can't help it, I have an evil streak a mile wide.
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Hopefully Vesta won't come in this thread and tell us all how she found a dildo from 20 years ago and the batteries still work.
BSed for obvious reasons . . . :tongue:
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Sometimes calculators have a little solar panel that "charges" the battery. Could the calculator have one of those?
Nope. No solar panel.
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Hopefully Vesta won't come in this thread and tell us all how she found a dildo from 20 years ago and the batteries still work.
:rant:
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BSed for obvious reasons . . . :tongue:
BSed for doing the same thing on your earlier thread about typewriters or somesuch. :asssmack:
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Hopefully Vesta won't come in this thread and tell us all how she found a dildo from 20 years ago and the batteries still work.
The only times she bothers me is when one of y'all quote her. :lalala:
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The only times she bothers me is when one of y'all quote her. :lalala:
Sometimes what she posts is so bizarre it warrants a second view. :-)
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The only times she bothers me is when one of y'all quote her. :lalala:
From now on I will be sure to quote her every post so those who have her on ignore can have the pleasure of reading her wisdom.
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OK, ignoring all the Vesta comments.
I use a HP 11C that I got in the early 80's. They stopped making them sometime in the 90's. I bought two more on Ebay as back up a few years ago.
I use it every day at work.
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From now on I will be sure to quote her every post so those who have her on ignore can have the pleasure of reading her wisdom.
:asssmack:
:rofl:
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From now on I will be sure to quote her every post so those who have her on ignore can have the pleasure of reading her wisdom.
I actually like Vesta. I find her posts honest and funny. Sure she confuses me at times, but trying to make sense of what she's saying is a good brain exercise :-)
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I actually like Vesta. I find her posts honest and funny. Sure she confuses me at times, but trying to make sense of what she's saying is a good brain exercise :-)
Sometimes, doing that gives me a splitting headache. :thatsright:
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Sometimes, doing that gives me a splitting headache. :thatsright:
Did I forget to mention I always have a beer before reading any of her posts?
:rotf:
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I'd say a bottle of Scotch.
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I'd say a bottle of Scotch.
Or three.
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I still have and use my TI-30 that I bought at my college bookstore 1976 for about $25.00 (the original TI-30). It has the fake denim belt case and users guide. This is the one that has an LED display and uses a 9 volt radio battery. Mainly, I use a TI-84 plus though.
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This is the one I had:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Texas_Instruments_TI-30_electronic_calculator.JPG)
I wore out 2 of them in College.
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I had a TI calculator in high school that seemed like it weighed a couple of pounds.
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This is the one I had:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Texas_Instruments_TI-30_electronic_calculator.JPG)
I wore out 2 of them in College.
I had at least one of those.
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That calculator was my first introduction to LED's.
Now LED's are a burgeoning industry.
If only I had seen the upcoming demand.
Plus you have the lib factor.
Libs love diodes because they are both one way.