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What calculator do you use ?
HighVoltage:
--- Quote from: warp_foo on January 08, 2015, 12:17:25 am ---Other than a couple of mentions in previous posts, no one claims the HP 41C as a daily driver?
:-+ OK, I will. Actually, one is a 41CV, with a second soon to be a 41CL.
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This must have been in the early 80's when I had a HP 41C, and it was awesome.
In those days I also had a TI 58C (that one kept the programming when turned off)
And later the TI 59 with magnetic stripes for programming
At one time I sold them all and got a Sharp PC1600
... the good old days
robrenz:
--- Quote from: warp_foo on January 08, 2015, 12:17:25 am ---Other than a couple of mentions in previous posts, no one claims the HP 41C as a daily driver?
:-+ OK, I will. Actually, one is a 41CV, with a second soon to be a 41CL.
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I have used every hp since the 25 except the 35C. I think the 41C was the first to have the backspace key :-+.
But IMO it was the worst/cheapest construction of any HP calculator ever made. The one that I never let go and still use daily today is the 48GX.
Tuomas:
Anyone else tried the WP-34S?
It's an HP 30b (or 20b) business calculator that is programmed with a new community-written scientific RPN calculator firmware.
I recently bought the 30b, reprogrammed it, and printed an extremely ugly and confusing key overlay for it ( you can get better proper sticker overlays online, I should probably get one.. ). I've had it at work on my desk for a while now, but I haven't really had a lot of time to play with it.
From what I've tried it seems to work pretty well, but I think I still prefer the HP 32SII that I have home.
VK5RC:
I have one of the groups WP 34S, the stickers tend to make it lose that HP feel and look, but is does work well.
In my office I use a 32sII , in the 'shack' a 35S.
nfmax:
In the office, an HP 32Sii - the last of the great HP's, off an eBay seller in Belgium
At home desk is an HP48GX 'the mother of all calculators' bought new around 1992
At home lab bench is an HP11C, still my favourite, bought new around 1984, and now on its second set of batteries
I also have a 15C LE, one of the last of the batch 'just because'; an HP45 (works, but dodgy switch contacts somewhere) which was rescued from the skip when a former employer closed down; A TI-59 with PC100 print cradle (awaiting restoration) from the same source; another TI-59 bought new around 1979 and also in need of renovation; an HP20 which was a free gift from a supplier; and a 1970's four-function desktop with VF display and 'computer' style keys
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