non HP RPN calculators (was: Re: SemiOT: Mourning for

From: Tom Uban <uban_at_ubanproductions.com>
Date: Fri Aug 17 23:29:15 2001

>> I have an HP 20S Scientific which is a not rpn. At the time that I bought
>> it, I would have prefered the rpn version, but they did not have one...
>
>Just out of curiousity, what functions did you require that aren't in the
>32S-II?

As I recall (it has been about 10 years ago, or so), I just needed a
scientific calculator right away (for some reason) and my previous rpn
HP had worn out. I went to buy an HP and I bought the cheapest HP
scientific that the store had, assuming that it would be rpn. Who
would have thought that HP would make a non-rpn calculator. I got
it home and found out the bad news. Why I never bothered to return
it, I don't recall.

>As I said, I find any calculator other than an RPN one to be very
>difficult to use (and I make a lot of mistakes attempting to do so).
>There would have to be something _very_ special in a non-RPN machine to
>convince me to use it...
>
>-tony
>
>

I like my 16C much better. That must be why the 20S still looks like
new and the 16C is well worn...

--tom
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