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| xrunner:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on November 02, 2021, 04:40:17 pm ---I don't bother with a physical calculator anymore. I use an HP-41CX app on my iPhone. It's a nearly perfect emulation of the real thing (except it runs many times faster than the original) and it's always at hand. --- End quote --- Same here except I use the hp 42S iPhone app. 8) |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---Same here. Using tools on computer is much more comfortable and powerful these days. --- End quote --- They are, but suffer from the same issue that oscilloscopes on a PC have: there is nothing like stabbing actual buttons. I can type in a problem on a calculator far quicker than I can point to the keys on a PC, and also faster than using the numpad. And that's without dealing with the shift functions which could be anywhere on a PC keyboard. Further, the calculator is divorced from the PC, so it's never hidden behind some window or obscuring a window itself, and I like being able to put it down wherever the hell it falls, and pick it up to do some sum without interrupting what I'm typing on the PC. But copy'n'paste to the clipboard is a bitch. |
| nfmax:
There ought to be a way to send a calculator result to the computer clipboards - Bluetooth or something |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on November 02, 2021, 07:24:43 pm --- --- Quote ---Same here. Using tools on computer is much more comfortable and powerful these days. --- End quote --- They are, but suffer from the same issue that oscilloscopes on a PC have: there is nothing like stabbing actual buttons. I can type in a problem on a calculator far quicker than I can point to the keys on a PC, --- End quote --- Uh. A computer keyboard is infinitely more comfortable and faster to type on than any calculator's keyboard, unless your computer keyboard is utter crap, in which case, ditch it. But seriously, if you can type faster on a calculator, good for you. I've never seen that except maybe for old people these days - maybe you are, and that's ok! |
| TimFox:
Back when my go-to calculator was an -hp- 25, I could hold it in my right hand and hit the keys with my thumb. That was back in the day of LED displays to run down the battery and before arthritis. |
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