Isaac Asimov - Science and science fiction writer

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45. I wanted to keep my Dad's collection of calculators

He had various types from an old manual adding machine (one with a lever on the side), to all sorts from when they were first introduced. Some were just basic calculators, some fancy engineering ones. Many were still in the original box with the original manuals. I didn't jump fast enough and my sister tossed them.

I did save the manual for the Wang computer Dad leased for a job in the mid 1960s. I was fascinated by it, but since it was very, very expensive, Dad wouldn't let me touch it.

Dad bought Mom a TI-99 computer but she was not interested. It's still in the original box, so we may sell it eventually. And I have Dad's Commodore 64 with the floppy drives up in the attic next to the TI-99. Not sure what we'll do with it.

We'll keep the slide rules, but I'm not sure any of our nieces and nephews (or their kids) will be interested, so they may eventually be disposed of.