On 5 Jan 2005 15:38:44 -0800, "foggytown" wrote:

I can remember when I was the envy of my block because I had a Casio
pocket calculator! IIRC the most impressive thing I did with it was to
type in 07734 then turn it upside down. (You have to remember how the
LED numbers were formed.)

I was first on my block to have one as well.
Later I bought a TI programmable scientific calculator.
It cost more then the price of a fully loaded computer does now.
But it got me through college math.
It was so new the professor didn't realize it could be programmed to do the work
for you.