How many of you like HP41C calculators?

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue Nov 18 15:57:40 2003

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 17:58, Joe wrote:

>
> >I am not sure if it's a calculator or computer :-).

> I agree. It has all the requirements. User input output, device I/O,
> mass storage, programability, etc. And it's not limited to one function per
> key as most calculators.

But is it STORED PROGRAM, eg. can it do self-modifying code. vonNeumann
(one store for program and data; programs ARE data) or Harvard
(instructions are in a separate store from data memory) architecture?

Strictly-speaking, Microchip's PICs are NOT COMPUTERS. Of course I don't
make that distinction when working with them.

"Programmability" isn't a measure of a 'stored program electronic
automatic computer'. My washing machine is programmable... :-)
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