Tales of Futures Past.

[swestrup]

Check out this nifty website with color scans of old SF book covers and snarky comments about what must have been going on. Fun and educational too!

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[(Anonymous)]

Hi Stirling,

Here's another off-point question: I wonder if you know what the
"AC" stands for in "C/AC/SEARCH", which is the label of the
bottom right-hand button of the Casio Databank wristwatch. I just
got a fresh battery for mine, which prompted me to review the
owner's manual and refamiliarize myself with everything the watch
can do, but my reading didn't find the possible meaning of that
acronym.

Do you still have your watch? I got a new one for myself back in
1997 which is the one I have now. The old one you gave me wore
out back then.

Best regards,
-Jim
http://www.geocities.com/jameswi.geo

[swestrup]

Yeah, I still have it. I've been wanting to replace it for years now, but the only good replacement I've ever seen was $160 bucks that I didn't have at the time. I've not seen another one I've liked since.

Then again, if I start making enough money to get me a palmtop device that runs linux, I'd be happy to buy a simple digital watch.

Oh, and I have no idea what the AC stands for. I remember being puzzled about that years ago, and eventually figuring it out, but have no idea any more. My watch doesn't have the functions in the same place, and none of them are labeled AC, so I dunno. Sorry.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

I don't know about fancy computer-watch hybrids, but I know my old Casio calculator had "C" for "Clear" and "AC" for "All Clear", which IIRC also clobbered all the stored values in memory.

[(Anonymous)]

That could be it; thanks,
-Jim