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| Do you still use stand-alone ("pocket") calculators? |
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| iMo:
There are also some limits on the calculator's functionality set by schools in most countries. So the vendors rather follow that rules. |
| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: Martin.M on January 27, 2020, 11:46:18 am ---stand allone, yes, pocket, no. .. and full of Nixies :) --- End quote --- I love those as well, although I have only one: Casio AS-A. https://sites.google.com/view/vbeletronico/casio-as-a-vbe-014 |
| worsthorse:
My daily calculator is one of two HP45s. The keypad is so solid and the display is easy to see (one is at my testbench, the other on my desk). My HP15C is always handy, too, and gets thrown into the bag if I am going to a coffeeshop to work. I also have an HP48 that I like but don't use much. I am pretty sure that my 11C and 12C are around here somewhere, too. Banging out numbers on a calculator is way faster than using a keyboard-based tool, for me, anyway. So yeah, I still use calculators. But then, I still use a slide rule once in a while just to stay in practice for the post-zompocalypse career. |
| blacksheeplogic:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 27, 2020, 04:45:16 pm ---The 50G was just emulating a Saturn processor to be able to leverage everything that had been written for the 48 series, so yeah it was not that much faster than the 48 in the end. It was faster for some tasks, and a bit slower for others. It was just a transition product IMO. The later 39gII and Prime were using 100% rewritten and native code. Eons faster. --- End quote --- The 50G was slow and I never really got comfortable with it. I liked the 35S but after the Prime came out I switched over to it. For a basic calculator especially when working in assembler the Sharp EL-501X is my go to. I've tried a few others like the Casio's but find I always go back to either a Sharp or HP. When traveling it's the Sharp EL-515 / El-506 / El-512, they small and I've had these Sharps for several decades. * A few more of mine * My wife puts my calculators away if she finds them out of the office, I know I have others but where.... |
| Mortymore:
--- Quote from: blacksheeplogic on January 29, 2020, 05:58:07 am ---* A few more of mine * My wife puts my calculators away if she finds them out of the office, I know I have others but where.... --- End quote --- That's why you have so many calculators. Your wife hides them and you're always in need for another one. ;D |
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