Hi
I am preparing to move soon and one thing I have to deal with is a storage cube where I have put things over the years. A long time ago but still in our galaxy, I put a Tektronix model 31 scientific calculator and tape cartridges, a Tektronix X Y plotter driven by the calculator, cables, ink pens, thermal paper and all the manuals in storage there.
When it was available it was one of those “too cool to pass up” things and I spent a good bit even then,even so for something I only played with a few times before putting it away.
My thought was someday when I have to scale back, I would sell it .
Well, that time has finally come to scale back to move, the question is, do any of you have an idea what would be the best thing to do with it?
It is a piece of history (it is still partly analogue i think) but while my mother has passed, I really can hear her words in my head “Thomas, you have an excuse to keep every darn thing” and now the meaning of her words was never clearer (moving).
Any ideas?
Best,
Tom
Here is what they look like, takes a special shirt pocket though
http://classiccmp.org/dunfield/calc/h/tekm31.jpg
I am preparing to move soon and one thing I have to deal with is a storage cube where I have put things over the years. A long time ago but still in our galaxy, I put a Tektronix model 31 scientific calculator and tape cartridges, a Tektronix X Y plotter driven by the calculator, cables, ink pens, thermal paper and all the manuals in storage there.
When it was available it was one of those “too cool to pass up” things and I spent a good bit even then,even so for something I only played with a few times before putting it away.
My thought was someday when I have to scale back, I would sell it .
Well, that time has finally come to scale back to move, the question is, do any of you have an idea what would be the best thing to do with it?
It is a piece of history (it is still partly analogue i think) but while my mother has passed, I really can hear her words in my head “Thomas, you have an excuse to keep every darn thing” and now the meaning of her words was never clearer (moving).
Any ideas?
Best,
Tom
Here is what they look like, takes a special shirt pocket though
http://classiccmp.org/dunfield/calc/h/tekm31.jpg
That's really cool, i like the museum donation idea, failing that stick it on eBay as there will be some calculator collector out there who would love to own one.
Tektronix Model 31 Electronic Calculator
Tektronix Model 31 Electronic Calculator
Interesting bit of history on that Tek - looks like it could do a lot of things and connect to their test equipment on some sort of data link arrangement.
Tektronix Model 31 Electronic Calculator
I remember my brother bought a TI-30 not long after they first came out, maybe '78.
I bought a TI-35 in ~1982
Tektronix Model 31 Electronic Calculator
I remember my brother bought a TI-30 not long after they first came out, maybe '78.
I bought a TI-35 in ~1982
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