What is a 710? (funny)

[Sander B.]

What is a 710?

A few days ago I was having some work done at my local garage. A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten. We all looked at each other and another customer asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?" She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one.." She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there. The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like. She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to another car which had its hood up and asked "is there a 710 on this car?" She pointed and said, "Of course, its right there." If you're not sure what a 710 is Click the link below

[Richard M.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Good one, lol......

Reminds me of an old trick when calculators first came out, upside down 71077345.

Ok, Ok, yes I owned one of the first TI SR10's when they first came out. I paid about $135 direct from Texas Instruments in the early 70s, a new calculator with scientific notation competing with the Bowmar Brain. Now that I've really dated myself, I admit I worked on IBM 360's, punch cards, DEC PDP8's and paper tape & RL01 disk drives(1 meg on a removable disk the size of a Civic spare tire)!

Getting older, but Corvette wiser.....
Rich

[Richard M.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Good one, lol......

Reminds me of an old trick when calculators first came out, upside down 71077345.

Ok, Ok, yes I owned one of the first TI SR10's when they first came out. I paid about $135 direct from Texas Instruments in the early 70s, a new calculator with scientific notation competing with the Bowmar Brain. Now that I've really dated myself, I admit I worked on IBM 360's, punch cards, DEC PDP8's and paper tape & RL01 disk drives(1 meg on a removable disk the size of a Civic spare tire)!

Getting older, but Corvette wiser.....
Rich

[Jack H.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Hum, do you go back far enough to remember magnetic core memory and the introduction of 'volatile' semiconductor RAM as an alternative? How about TI's short term flurtation with magnetic 'bubble' memory?

Did you know TI's initial production run of the lowly 4-function DataMath calculator use a snow white plastic case and the color was QUICKLY changed to beige/brown based on consumer response to white being too easy to show human handling dirt? The limited production 'albino' versions of this calculator are considered 'collectables' now...

[Jack H.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Hum, do you go back far enough to remember magnetic core memory and the introduction of 'volatile' semiconductor RAM as an alternative? How about TI's short term flurtation with magnetic 'bubble' memory?

Did you know TI's initial production run of the lowly 4-function DataMath calculator use a snow white plastic case and the color was QUICKLY changed to beige/brown based on consumer response to white being too easy to show human handling dirt? The limited production 'albino' versions of this calculator are considered 'collectables' now...

[John H.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Here's the first commercial IBM hard disk - 5MB capacity, weighed 2900 pounds (1956)

[John H.]

Re: What is a 710? (funny)

Here's the first commercial IBM hard disk - 5MB capacity, weighed 2900 pounds (1956)

[Richard M.]

Re: Mr. Lucky 1959

Hi Jack,

Magnetic core memory, yep, Inforex(sp?) in Burlington, Mass was making it then if I recall. When I lived in NH my neighbor worked there. My early PDP8 experience was using core. 1024 bit memories were the big thing then.

I thought IBM did the bubble memory thing, but maybe my own memory is a bit "volatile" these days.:-) I spent the last 10 years of my prior career designing and integrating automatic self test logic for memory as well as network processors in the high tech arena. Built in Self Test as it was called. Things had changed a bit from the 70's. I'd rather restore Corvettes these days.

I only recall the SR10 because it had the extra math functions. I remember designing my own calculator in night classes at Fitchburg State(Raytheon Institute Program). I also had an idea back then to develop a automatic light switch, to shut lights off in my kids room when they left it to come to supper. "Ok, BEFORE you eat supper go back and shut the lights in your rooms."...millions of times.....Darn, I wish I followed through. Would've had royalties up the yazoo, and dozens of Corvettes too.:-)

Rich

[Richard M.]

Re: Mr. Lucky 1959

Hi Jack,

Magnetic core memory, yep, Inforex(sp?) in Burlington, Mass was making it then if I recall. When I lived in NH my neighbor worked there. My early PDP8 experience was using core. 1024 bit memories were the big thing then.

I thought IBM did the bubble memory thing, but maybe my own memory is a bit "volatile" these days.:-) I spent the last 10 years of my prior career designing and integrating automatic self test logic for memory as well as network processors in the high tech arena. Built in Self Test as it was called. Things had changed a bit from the 70's. I'd rather restore Corvettes these days.

I only recall the SR10 because it had the extra math functions. I remember designing my own calculator in night classes at Fitchburg State(Raytheon Institute Program). I also had an idea back then to develop a automatic light switch, to shut lights off in my kids room when they left it to come to supper. "Ok, BEFORE you eat supper go back and shut the lights in your rooms."...millions of times.....Darn, I wish I followed through. Would've had royalties up the yazoo, and dozens of Corvettes too.:-)

Rich

[Richard M.]

Re: C1: Silver to Gold

Wow, that was about the same weight as a Corvette then wasn't it?...Rich

[Richard M.]

Re: C1: Silver to Gold

Wow, that was about the same weight as a Corvette then wasn't it?...Rich

[John M.]

Re: Mr. Lucky 1959

Believe it or not, I still have a working SR16 in my desk drawer! I almost never use it anymore but it still works! Looking at that red LED display is just strange nowdays! That was damn expensive calculator when I bought it.

Regards, John McGraw

[John M.]

Re: Mr. Lucky 1959

Believe it or not, I still have a working SR16 in my desk drawer! I almost never use it anymore but it still works! Looking at that red LED display is just strange nowdays! That was damn expensive calculator when I bought it.

Regards, John McGraw