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Re: Purimish fun
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:54:48 GMT
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 03:36:45 GMT "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>
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> Bram Lambrecht wrote in message
> > I use one of those (48G). Once you've used Reverse Polish Notation,
> > you can't ever go back...
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> So true, though these days I mostly use a non-RPN calculator. I keep
> watching for a modestly priced RPN calculator, but it just doesn't
> seem like it will ever happen (HP's cheapest calculators aren't RPN).
> Of course these days I don't use a calculator for much other than
> Hex/Decimal comversion.
I wonder why RPN calculators are so rare...When I was in elementary
school, the only calculator in our house was a RPN HP with a 3-level
stack (but it only displayed the top of the stack) It was bigger than
most modern graphing calculators and had an AC adapter :)
Depending on your definition of modest, you might be able to get an HP
48G--mine was $75, which is cheaper than a lot of graphing calculators.
It is a bit slow at graphing, though...
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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| (...) Because HP had a patent on them, and by the time the patent ran out, there just wasn't enough market (I suspect most people real attached to RPN would also be fairly HP loyal). (...) What I want is a <$25 fairly simple calculator. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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