Re: Instead scopes

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:50:19 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:15:59 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
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Calculators yes.

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We weren't alowed to use a calculator on exams because it would give
an unfair advantage to the students that could afford one.

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We were allowed mechanical calculators (Facits etc.) but there were only
enough for half the candidates.  Half of us were locked in a room with a
spare envigilator acting as a guard while the other half sat the exam
then we swapped places and the ones who had taken the exam were locked
in while the second group sat the exam.
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Electronic calculators did not exist, but we did learn to program an
analogue computer where 100v = 1 Machine Unit.

A lot of current engineering practise is left over from the days when
computing was expensive or non-existant. Things like s-parameters and
Smith charts.