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What's your favorite calculator?

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Illusionist:

--- Quote from: Keicar on August 12, 2019, 08:09:42 am ---Sharp EL-5100

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Me too! I bought mine for college in 1982 I think, in a closing-down sale reduced to £15 from £60.

It worked up until two years ago when I finally gave up on it. The LCD screen was almost unreadable. I actually threw it out only a couple of months ago, with the LCD screen obviously much worse, in a fit of tidying.

Can't say I have a favourite now. I have a few that get used occasionally, but mostly I'll be at the PC so just pull up an on-screen calculator or spreadsheet for whatever I need.

hasanayt:
I just saw this topic. It's a very old topic. Online calculations were not very common in these times. My Favorite engineering calculations tool is a website and this is ML. They also produce calculations on request.

https://mechanicalland.com/category/engineering-calculators/

armandine2:
App calculators [emulation] seems to be where it is now - or for a while, I guess

MikeK:
Of the ones I can't have I'd say the Curta is my favorite...It's just so cool.  I've wanted an HP-15C, because I've never had an RPN...but I can't justify the high used prices.  Of the handful that I have I like the Casio fx-260solar.

PlainName:
App calculators can calculate, but they don't have physical buttons you can press. I think that's a big part of what makes a calculator - if you don't care about no buttons there are much better calculator apps that aren't emulations.

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