Rummaging through some drawers

[Poohbah]

Not so random or clumsy as a Pentium. An elegant calculating tool for a more civilzied age.

[jemhouston]

I'm HP fan

[Micael]

Is HP the ones that do the reverse Polish notation? Dad had some colleagues that swore by it.

[Craiglxviii]

Not so random or clumsy as a Pentium. An elegant calculating tool for a more civilzied age.

[kdahm]

Is HP the ones that do the reverse Polish notation? Dad had some colleagues that swore by it.

Yes, HP did reverse Polish.

I knew I was old school in the mid-2000s when I saw a new looking copy of my TI calculator hanging on the wall in the Duetsche Museum. Since I had my (worn) one in my backpack at the time, I asked a nearby guard if I could switch it out....

[jemhouston]

Is HP the ones that do the reverse Polish notation? Dad had some colleagues that swore by it.

Yes, HP did reverse Polish.

I knew I was old school in the mid-2000s when I saw a new looking copy of my TI calculator hanging on the wall in the Duetsche Museum. Since I had my (worn) one in my backpack at the time, I asked a nearby guard if I could switch it out....

Bold move.

[Micael]

I give you not one but two screw down plant presses. Though to be honest, while both have been used for that purpose I’m wondering if the metal one originally had another purpose because it seems a bit excessive for the plant stuff. Anyone have any ideas of what it could have been for? Some sort of printing thing?

[kdahm]

Cheese press, maybe? Or a bookbinding press?

[Micael]

Cheese press, maybe? Or a bookbinding press?

The bookbinding suggestion sounds plausible, I think you might be on the right track there, thanks!

[Edit] I tried letting Grok have a look at it and it also believes that it is a bookbinding press dating from somewhere between the mid 1800s to early 1900s.

[Belushi TD]

Ok, I'll play.

Found this in Dad's basement.

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"Big deal." is what I'm sure you're thinking. Accelerometer? I've got a couple of them, myself.

But wait.....

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And now you're thinking " Guided? What's this "guided" thing? "

But wait.....

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Oh.



Dad worked for AT&T Bell Labs for 40+ years. One of the many projects he worked on was the Nike-Zeus missile.

My apologies for the blurriness of the pictures.

Belushi TD

***EDIT*** I am apparently REALLY bad at inserting the photos. TOok me two tries to get it right.

[Micael]

Ok, I'll play.

Found this in Dad's basement.

IMG_0047 cropped.jpg

"Big deal." is what I'm sure you're thinking. Accelerometer? I've got a couple of them, myself.

But wait.....

IMG_0048 cropped.jpg

And now you're thinking " Guided? What's this "guided" thing? "

But wait.....

IMG_0049 cropped.jpg

Oh.

Dad worked for AT&T Bell Labs for 40+ years. One of the many projects he worked on was the Nike-Zeus missile.

My apologies for the blurriness of the pictures.

Belushi TD

***EDIT*** I am apparently REALLY bad at inserting the photos. TOok me two tries to get it right.

Hey cool! If you find some other parts as well then you could get a hobby build going.

[warshipadmin]

TI 30 - my arthritic knuckles scream at the sight of those clicky buttons. I used some sort of programmable Commodore? through uni, that got nicked a few years later and switched to a TI 81 or 83, which has been used to design solar cars and do the strategy during the race. As a retirement present I bought a used Titanium, which has an interface so daunting I still can't use it (the only way I learn to use any tool is having an actual project to use it on).

[Micael]

TI 30 - my arthritic knuckles scream at the sight of those clicky buttons. I used some sort of programmable Commodore? through uni, that got nicked a few years later and switched to a TI 81 or 83, which has been used to design solar cars and do the strategy during the race. As a retirement present I bought a used Titanium, which has an interface so daunting I still can't use it (the only way I learn to use any tool is having an actual project to use it on).

The TI 30 might have been better than those big old electro-mechanical calculators from an arthritic standpoint though? But of course later models are more ergonomic and such, but less stylish.