I had Marchant calculators at Cal Tech in the 60's. The answer to dividing by zero was often a service call. It just kept on chugging and there was no obvious reset mechanism without taking off the cover. --Rich -----Original Message----- From: math-fun [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dan Asimov Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 4:55 PM To: Eugene Salamin; math-fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] "Steampunk" mathematics? I've long been curious: What was the answer? --Dan On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Eugene Salamin via math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I used to divide by 0 all the time on the Marchant calculators.
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