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Calculator Pad
Used to make psychohistoric calculations (Read
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"This "Calculator Pad" is actually a pocket calculator, not a PDA.
Today far more calculators are found on Windows desktops than real, physical desktops."
( 11/1/2005 4:15:39 PM ) |
"Frederick Pohl's 'Joymaker' (1965) is the forerunner of the PDA etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joymaker
Does anyone have a copy of the book to get some quotes from?"
(philj@enotsnhoj.freeserve.co.uk 3/16/2006 8:53:17 AM ) |
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