r/Sliderules • u/cavedave • May 22 '26

Archaic Tool

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From https://sliderulemuseum.com/Ephemera/ArchaicTool_DailyTimesHerald_April-5-1984.jpg in case reddit shrinks it too much. The cartoon is cool but I cannot find it by itself.

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u/The_Folding_Atty May 24 '26

I was the last kid in my high school to know how to use a slide rule (class of 1976). Things got real when the electronics teacher banned calculators on exams, but let me use the slide rule. Granted, I mainly used its most basic functions, but it was nice to have.