calculators, was: Re: Best Find of the Weekend!

From: emanuel stiebler <emu_at_ecubics.com>
Date: Fri Nov 8 19:13:01 2002

Joe wrote:
>
>On the subject of the programmer's calculators. My favorite is the HP-16C
>the HP-41 with the HP-IL Developement module. Either one would let you
set
>and convert to and from ANY number base. Both also had piles of binary
>functions and operations built in. I think the 16C would handle something
>like 52 bit numbers and I think the 41 would handle even larger numbers.
>The 16C was nice since it was the basic machine as the 12C/15C/11C and
>was small and it had practically infinite battery life.

I have a 16c here. Nice little piece.

What is the difference between the hp-41cv & hp41-cx ?

>I have a TI Programmer's calc here somewhere but it's a nuisance to keep
>it charged and it's always dead when I want to use it.


On the TI side, I have the "TI-52 scientific". Does all the
hex/dec/oct/bin conversions and some other stuff. VERY happy with it.
Since I bought it (10-15 (?) years ago) didn't change the battery.

cheers
Received on Fri Nov 08 2002 - 19:13:01 GMT