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Jase2985:
That brings back happy OOW memories. As an engineer I could do it in my head faster than the fish-heads could do it on the slide rule though
Had one of these when I was at school 
Gave you an extra decimal place / significant digit compared to a linear rule. Unfortunately mine completely seized up so became useless
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DaveB:
Rikkitic:
For me it was some time in the early 1960s. If you never used one, or don't know what one is, you are too young for this thread.
THREAD HIJACK!
Seeing you think people are too young to partake in this thread if they do not know (or have never used) a slide rule, I think I should up the ante and mention an abacus - just to shorten the list of participants. Both were compulsory at my school.
What about these? 
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I remember having a Faber Castell slide rule at school.
Something like this one I guess, but perhaps mine wasn't quite this nice.
We also had log tables and when I studied telecommunications there were Smith Charts
Do they still have those, or only on the screen of a network analyser?
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