[Pc_Support] Re: HP 50G Calculator for $112.99 shipped ... and why are used TIs cheap and HPs not?

[Paul M Foster]

Tim McDonough wrote:

>> Paul M Foster wrote:
>>> Reverse Polish Notation, the *only* way a calculator should be used.
> 
> I love my HP 32S II calculator. It's still on it's original batteries 
> even with daily use. I was very concerned a few years ago -- it was on 
>  a workbench and I accidentally knocked a spool of solder off a shelf. 
> It put a nasty dent just below the "32S II" and the LCD but thankfully 
> did no internal damage.
> 
> I got started with HP calculators and RPN back around 1976. It seemed 
> like only about 1/2 the students at the local college had calculators 
> and it was a constant "can I borrow yours" situation in the library or 
> cafeteria. One of my professors showed me how to use his RPN model and I 
> initially bought it because very few people would borrow it since they 
> couldn't operate it. It took me about a day to fall in love with the 
> operation and I've owned one ever since.
> 

Heh. I graduated high school in '75, and asked for an HP calculator for 
my graduation present (remember, back then calculators were rare and 
expensive). That calculator (HP25?) is gone, but years ago I bought an 
HP11c. People since have borrowed it and been completely unable to 
figure it out. Gives me a warm feeling. ;-}


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Paul M. Foster