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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
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Subject: Re: Instead scopes
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:50:19 +0100
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john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:15:59 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
> wrote:
>[...]
> >Calculators yes.

> We weren't alowed to use a calculator on exams because it would give
> an unfair advantage to the students that could afford one.

We were allowed mechanical calculators (Facits etc.) but there were only
enough for half the candidates.  Half of us were locked in a room with a
spare envigilator acting as a guard while the other half sat the exam
then we swapped places and the ones who had taken the exam were locked
in while the second group sat the exam.

Electronic calculators did not exist, but we did learn to program an
analogue computer where 100v = 1 Machine Unit.

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