Hewlett-Packard Calculator Emulators

2022-08-26 Thread tbp1...@gmail.com
Sometimes there is just no substitute for a good calculator. Even though your computer could do a little calculation for you - if it had a decent calculator program - the applet that came with the OS is hopeless and you are stuck. I sometimes use one to calculate parameters for use while I am

Re: Hewlett-Packard Calculator Emulators

2022-08-27 Thread jkn
I have an HP-35s calculator which I like but use fairly rarely - not enough to fully use the RPN features. It is a shame that battery life is relatively short. At the age of 13 or so I first saw an HP-65 calculator not long after they came out, in 1974. My mum took me to some sort of education

Re: Hewlett-Packard Calculator Emulators

2022-08-27 Thread tbp1...@gmail.com
There is a very good HP-35s simulator too, but I don't use it because, with all the programming and other extra features compared with the early HP calculators, it's too complicated to look at and use on a monitor. The Reverse Polish Notation of my first HP calculator (the HP-45) prepared my br

Re: Hewlett-Packard Calculator Emulators

2022-08-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:42 PM tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: > Sometimes there is just no substitute for a good calculator. Thanks for the links. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rece

Re: Hewlett-Packard Calculator Emulators

2022-09-01 Thread Thomas Passin
Somehow I forgot to list the Free42 , which is a re-implemented version of the HP-42. Although the HP42 was programmable, the on-screen keyboard is not cluttered and is easier to read than most of the others. Other good features: you can copy/paste the calcula