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EE Pros: Is RPN still relevant?
xrunner:
I was browsing Ebay and just for the fun of it searched for the HP 42S (which I still have). They are going for over $200! But I'm not selling mine. :)
jakeisprobably:
--- Quote from: xrunner on March 06, 2017, 02:37:35 am ---I was browsing Ebay and just for the fun of it searched for the HP 42S (which I still have). They are going for over $200!
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...thus the real reason for starting this thread... I saw how much people were selling RPN calculators for on eBay and figured I was missing something here.... Too many YT cool kids are playing with them. I wanted to know why. This thread is awesome. Thanks ;)
kultakala:
--- Quote from: djacobow on March 06, 2017, 12:05:59 am ---
Is that 34S the WP34S? The one made from a hacked HP30b?
I have one of those and it is awesome. The very idea of it is awesome.
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Yes, it is the WP34S!
I bought it complete... and it is really good.
CJay:
--- Quote from: rstofer on March 03, 2017, 08:22:54 pm ---I'm not an evangelist. I use RPN and have for over 40 years. Use it if you think it helps, skip it if you don't.
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Absolutely that ^^^^^^^^^^
Use the tools that get the job done properly in the way that works best for you, I wish people would stress it more often instead of evangelising their favoured choice, after all it's exactly what they're doing.
By all means learn RPN but don't feel bad if it doesn't work for you and don't hesitate to try and find a way that's better for you.
Vtile:
It worked to me, I got through most of my education with end of the nineties TI graphing calc (closer to 80 than 90 as a model number). Then when I reseated myself to school I decided to go with CAS and everything, got RPN machine. I actually feel like |O not to had one before as it just fits to my head and makes the boring mindnullifying math a interesting once again.
People love it or hate it. There is only one way to find out which group of people you belong.
PS. HP35s have trig inaccuracy bug, so if you need high precision trigs you need to get a community written trig package for it (google is your friend).
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