However, the Hills had not maintained the technology and were struggling to make their computer Y2K-compliant. The answer is, of course, tough luck. The Hill family, their friends, and local computer retailers had also missed the Internet revolution. I tried to contact Mr. Hill to bring him up to date, but was told he was asleep in the backyard hammock. Of course, I left our Web address for him and look forward to helping him and his family join our new Kaypro family.
Nobody manufactures slide rules anymore.
I think that I can also report that virtually nobody knows how to use a slide rule anymore or has written a recent best seller about one, either. Pocket calculators wiped them out. However, I was surprised to find that nobody makes edge-notched cards any more, either. These were also known as McBee cards, after Royal-McBee Corp., the office equipment company that sold them. Imagine a deck of cards, about the weight of manila folder stock, with holes running along the edges.