Yes, I ran one of these old computers in my high school days. Our grocery store, the coveted job of a sixteen-year old, had two registers like this. Every Thursday after school I would run home to memorize the store’s ad so as to have the prices fixed in my head. Cramming those numbers into my brain certainly helped with test-taking in college. I learned to visualize really well! (I should have gone on “The Price is Right” after high school.)
Today’s comic strip made me a little nostalgic for those beautiful registers. They were works of art.
