Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-20 Thread Lynn Chadbourne
There is at least one shareware program for Palm operating system that seems full featured. I use it for most all calculations no matter how simple. It just "feels" better than other calculators. N5LC On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 08:54, Chris wrote: > Are there any decent modern RPN calcs? I had a much

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT (END of Thread)

2005-04-18 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Lets end this one too. :-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailma

Re: FW: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-18 Thread Mark Bayern
If the strip reader was built in you had the HP-65. Later the HP-41 (31?) series had a strip reader as and optional plug on unit. I used the HP-IL to RS232 converter with my HP41. Mark On 4/18/05, Dan Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reminds me of my first, professional, programming job. Th

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT

2005-04-18 Thread Chris
HP32SII's are all over ebay for small prices. You should be able to find plenty of NOS units. But, IMHO, it is a very aggravating machine to use, especially for complex-domain number crunching. The long-discontinued HP42S is the standard against which all other pocket programmable RPN calc

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT

2005-04-18 Thread Frank Emens
On 18 Apr 2005 at 12:37, Mike Morrow wrote: > There's something more friendly about a pocket calculator, compared to ?superwhamodyne handheld PC units. But I think it's a dying market. In my day, the >pocket scientific calculator was an essential tool of engineering >professionals. >Tod

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT

2005-04-18 Thread John D'Ausilio
WoW! I've got a couple of 15c's from college days (they were mismarked at K-mart for a while so I got a spare for something like $20). I see they're going for $150+ on ebay .. hmm, this could finance my Dayton/FDIM trip nicely :) de John/W1RT ___ Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT

2005-04-18 Thread Douglas Westover
I've got an HP-11C and an HP-25, either one of which you'll have to "pry from my cold, dead, hands". Doug W6JD - Original Message : Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT > The following is OT commentary on HP calculators, so please delete now if not interested. > > Mark

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH - OT

2005-04-18 Thread Mike Morrow
The following is OT commentary on HP calculators, so please delete now if not interested. Mark wrote: >I'm holding on to my HP15C which I bought in college in >1987... I was a junior at Ga. Tech in 1972 when the famous HP-35 appeared. At $400 in 1972, that's about $1800 today. You could lit

Re: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-18 Thread Don Brown
6808 assembly language for small controllers. Subject: Re: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH > I'm holding on to my HP15C which I bought in college in 1987, still have > the receipt. My boss here was looking for a good RPN calculator and > figured he might find that one on eBay cheap. WRO

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-18 Thread Margaret Leber
Chris wrote: Are there any decent modern RPN calcs?...I have soft RPN calc on my palm... Don't forget Quartus ( http://www.quartus.net ), a complete FORTH implementation for Palm. By the way, the on-board computer on the AMSAT/Oscar-40 amateur radio satellite (may it rest in peace) ran IPS

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2005-04-18 Thread Dan Barker
Reminds me of my first, professional, programming job. The Motorcycle dealer where I worked had an HP-?? (I forget which, but it had a magnetic strip reader for programming) and I managed to fit a Payroll Tax Calculation system on one card. Long after I quit that job, I'd get the calculator and the

Re: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-18 Thread vze3v8dt
the K2? Mark, NK8Q >From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon Apr 18 07:54:35 CDT 2005 >To: Jessie Oberreuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: Elecraft , Kevin Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH >Are there any decent modern RPN calcs? I had a much l

Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-18 Thread Chris
Are there any decent modern RPN calcs? I had a much loved HP32SII but I lost it when I moved house and have not been able to find a decent replacement. I have soft RPN calc on my palm, but I like proper buttons to push. Chris - VP8BKF and it will pring 27! Every modern RPN calculator shou

[Elecraft] FORTH

2005-04-17 Thread Jessie Oberreuter
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Kevin Rock wrote: You are correct Vic. I should have defined Love? But then if you look in the OED love takes a whole bunch of pages! A loop of 10,000 honks may be a bit excessive however ;) Kevin. That was a delay loop! Honk only emits one beep :). You gotta