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From: bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson)
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Subject: Re: I wanna curta !!!!  (was Re: Antique Calculators)
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Date: 31 Jan 91 14:16:39 GMT
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In a posting of [31 Jan 91 06:11:55 GMT]
   caloccia@stratus.com (William Caloccia) writes:

 > I don't think either of those companies have existed long enough to
 > make an antique (technically obsolete calculators perhaps, but not
 > antiques).

   Not that it really matters, but this is what Webster's has to say
about it...


1. an.tique \an-'te-k\ aj [MF, fr. L antiquus, fr. ante before - more at 
   ANTE-] 1a: belonging to antiquity  1b: among the oldest of its class  2: 
   belonging to earlier periods : ANCIENT  3: in a former style or fashion : 
   OLD-FASHIONED  4: imitating or suggesting the crafts or style of an earlier 
   period  - an.tique.ly av
2. antique n 1: a relic or object of ancient times or of an earlier period  
   2: a work of art, piece of furniture, or decorative object made at an earli 
   er period and according to U.S. customs laws at least 100 years ago


   So I guess since a TI-30 is generally considered old-fashioned,
out-dated - who would consider it for _practical_ use - it's per
definition antique? At least per Webster's definition?

						-- Jan Brittenson
						   bson@ai.mit.edu

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