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EE Pros: Is RPN still relevant?
firehopper:
--- Quote from: eugenenine on March 04, 2017, 12:59:23 am ---I used to get magazines from the library with ads for hp calculators, it was like playboys for nerds.
I graduated high school and then 48sx was released and I worked and saved months for it and finally saved up the $300 and bought it from a store called service merchandise. It was under glass like in a jewelry store so I made my purchase then went to the waiting room where the product you bought came out on a belt like luggage in the airport. I almost cried when that little box finally came down the belt for me.
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oh god I remember service merchandice.. so many years ago..
eugenenine:
It was 1992.
I sat down years ago and scanned boxes of paper, so I still have the original store receipt. I scanned my 48sx manual and uploaded to the museum and they are on the CD set they sell.
bitseeker:
--- Quote from: eugenenine on March 08, 2017, 12:08:51 am ---I just did a plain old google search, were you trying to use something useless like bing?
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Oh, heavens no! It must've thought I was in the UK or something. Getting results like yours now. :-+
Looking forward to using a real RPN calculator again. I wonder if the memory still has my engineering programs from university days.
eugenenine:
--- Quote from: bitseeker on March 08, 2017, 01:58:51 am ---
--- Quote from: eugenenine on March 08, 2017, 12:08:51 am ---I just did a plain old google search, were you trying to use something useless like bing?
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Oh, heavens no! It must've thought I was in the UK or something. Getting results like yours now. :-+
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You have to search for those metric size batteries over there :-DD
cncjerry:
Swissmicros make a full size 15c version as well as the smaller types that are credit card sized. They also have a 42L coming out that is basically the hacked 42 with the intel decimal library. It will be the most accurate calculator on the market. I am on the beta list to test it.
I am an RPN type up until the prime came out. That calculator is awesome but you really need to run it in algebraic mode to get the nice print.
I own just about all the desireable HP calculators as well as the TI59 types with the card readers. Just love sucking a card into one in the middle of a meeting. I don't have the HP RPN with printer on one of the earlier posts, going to start looking for one again. Bar your doors.
I pulled my HP59 out after one of the previous posts as I forgot how easy they are to program. I love the 35 re-do as well in the same picture. I keep a 41cx by my bed in case I wake at night and have to count sheep. I have the 15C limited as well as an original, bummed about the limited's bugs but Swissmicros fixed them in their version. I have a spotless 16C, a 65 and 67. The 65 and 67 just aren't holding up though, they take a lot of love to keep the card readers running.
I've been collecting calculators for 40yrs as well as slide rules. Have a bunch of them, and even circular ones that hang on keychains and are full function. I'm sure Eric is reading this post. He gave me quite a few slide rules and calculators as well.
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