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If you resell it to the bookstore, you'll get practically nothing, but most colleges have student-run Craigslist type boards for reselling directly to other students.
Where were those when I was in college?
Oh yeah, no internets back then. I feel very old.
Oh, yes, no internets back then. When I explained to one of my students that I only got an email address my last year in college, and then it was only an intranet, you should have seen the look of horror on his face. I then further blew his mind by telling him that we had to register with scan tron forms He begged me to stop. Heh. evil cackle.
It's kind of amazing. I wonder how I found stuff out before the internets? I mean, between Google and Wikipedia I look stuff up all day long every day, from just-for-the-heck-of-it interesting stuff to phone numbers, times of stores opening, maps & directions.
It's hard to remember how I got along pre-Internet, even though I can still bore my kids with "When I was a kid we didn't have..." stories.
When I was in college, there were only mainframes. The then brand new and exciting HP scientific calculators cost $300. I used a slide rule. I wrote my papers on a portable manual typewriter. I rode dinosaurs to class and it was uphill both ways.
The then brand new and exciting HP scientific calculators
Reverse polish notation! I had, still have, a HP scientific calculator though it wasn't $300. Nobody ever wanted to borrow my calculator more than once.
In college I had a programmable TI-55. Ten memories! 31 programming steps! Rechargeable battery! 11 digit LED!
Oh, and a Radio Shack PC-1 pocket computer. With about 1.4k memory, programmable in BASIC. I also had the printer/cassette interface.
I'm thinking of upgrading my cell phone (good for making phone calls, period, but works in Senegal) to a smart phone of some sort. Blackberry, iPhone, etc. I want to be able to check my email, twitter, and maybe check b.org on it. Does anyone have any recommendations/warnings? Or is this low-end enough tech that I should Natter it instead?
I used to rent a typewriter at the Student Center to write my papers on.
We also learned with sliderules in my advanced Math classes in HS.
I just have the phone I can get for free from Verizon, but my Dad has an iPhone and really, really likes it.