HP Programmer's Calculators

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Wed Nov 19 00:39:38 2003

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Tony Duell wrote:

> > > Well, the HP48 and HP49 (and their descendants) have binary/octal/hex
> > > numbers, boolean (bitwise) functions, shifts, rotates, etc. But the true
> > > HP 'Programmers Calculator' is still the 16C.... Pity it's so hard to
> > > find
> >
> > Well, I'm specifically *not* looking for a graphing calculator, and
>
> Why not? You don't have to use the graphing functions, and the fact that
> the machine displays several stack levels (4 on the 48, 5 on the 49) is
> a definite bonus.

One reason only: physical size.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Wed Nov 19 2003 - 00:39:38 GMT