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From: tilman@netcom.com (Tilman Spokert)
Subject: Re: Seiko's Home Constructor
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Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 22:38:03 GMT
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In article <1u2n64$nm7@theben.kapsch.co.at> frisch@zams.kapsch.co.at (Martin Frischherz) writes:
>I wrote:
>: But I will look for the instructions to find any hint of a manufacturer
>: or something else of interest.
>
>OK, the instruction manual says "SMART TAPE ST 3102" and the specs say
>accuracy better than 99.5%, range 55cm to 12.5m. But no hint, who made
>it...

I'm not sure if you are talking about the same thing...
I once bought a Seiko Home Contractor (what the original poster asked for)
as a present for somebody (well, I really bought it for
myself, and didn't find it all that useful at that time, so...). Anyway,
it looks like a flashlight, with a sensor in place of the reflector.
One one side of the handle is a little LCD display for reading out the
measuremnts, and you can add them up, or calculate volumes by taking three
measurements. On the other side of the handle is something like a build in
 calculator that is NOT connected in any way with the measurement device.
It has build in functions to calculate how many gallons of paint you need
to cover some area that you just measured on the other side and punched in
on this side now etc. etc. That is why it is called home contractor -
you just measure around, punch it in on the other side, and it tells you how
much material to buy.

This thing was about $60, sold at department stores a few years back. I have
since seen it somewhere else, but forgot where that was.

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Tilman Sporkert  					tilman@netcom.com 
