The HP-35 scientific calculator, which debuted in 1972, around the same time dingo boots were in fashion. It had logarithmic and exponential functions and could handle 10-digit numbers. It replaced the slide rule. Bill Hewlett told the designers to make something that would fit into a shirt pocket.
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