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 Message 24390 
 Mortar M. to Ed Vance 
 PI to 104 Decimal Places 
 27 Aug 25 12:19:00 
 
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  Re: PI to 104 Decimal Places
  By: Ed Vance to Mike Powell on Tue Aug 26 2025 18:26:18

 > The first calculator cost me $79.00, it was a Four Banger with a Constant
 > Key and NO Memory.

What's a "four banger"?

My first was a Sharp EL-5100.  I forget the price, but I think it was around
the same as yours.  Loved that thing.  It had the unique feature of being able
to (mostly) type out algebraic expressions like you would on paper.
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