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Originally Posted by Big Bill
I bought my first hand held computer at Radio Shack, a Tandy PC-3.
Big Bill
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Holy micro processors, Batman, I had forgotten about the PC-3. I "think" that's the one I had. If it is the one that had tiny little ballpoint pens that printed in four colors on a revolving turret, then yes, I had that one and the printer, all in a nice little carry pouch.
At the time, I was an active Pilot, and I programmed it to do Flight Plans. The cash register style tape that spit out would have my entire flight plan and Magnetic compass headings all nicely printed for me, along with frequencies for Center, Tower, Approach, etc. The tape would clip to my Yolk in the Cockpit. It was slick for the time. Sure beat doing everything on the E6B manual computer.
Wow. Thanks for the memories.