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What are they? 
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Still have a 41C on the desk that I purchased back around 1980. It's capable of holding 2000 lines of programming and I've not yet taken it to capacity. Excellent products.
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jnyork -- Those are cell phone, dummy.
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Haa..a lot you know. They're radios dummy!
edit: Oops. Didn't notice the picture tubes on top. They're little bitty televisions.
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“When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty”
Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version)
"And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
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Sheesh, we're dealing with barbarians here - they're tricorders.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Never used an HP myself, used TI82, 84, 86 & 89....now I use Matlab for all that stuff.
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Once you use an HP for a while, it is hard to use anything else. RPN does have its quirks. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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I thought RPN went away when algebraic notation entry became widespread.
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Once you use an HP for a while, it is hard to use anything else. RPN does have its quirks. miles Matlab does everything any of them do and does it quicker and easier. All I use a calculator for now is basic adding/subtracting/multiplication/division...I have a TI30 sitting on my desk, just your basic old scientific calculator
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I do not believe they are not communicators either: I have tried on several occasions over the years to use mine to get Mr. Scott to beam me up, due to a lack of intelligent, rational life forms here at work. I have never received a response.
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I thought RPN went away when algebraic notation entry became widespread. I started using RPN back in the 1970's and some of us old farts are set in their ways. I have an 11C on my desk within arms reach, in case somebody needs to know how high his sight needs to be or maybe balance my checkbook.  miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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I still use an HP48gx daily. And I have a spare in my desk. Once you get used to the RPN, it is very difficult to use algebraic.
When my 48s go down for good, I'll have to retire.
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.
*Marvin Simkin* L.A. Times (1992)
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When my 48s go down for good, I'll have to retire. I keep a spare in my gunsafe. Got it from another surveyor when he finally decided the TDS card was keeping him down. I programmed hoop stress calculations in the TI-85. Because you never know when someone will want to know if there barrel is going to blow up...
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Was cleaning out my truck a few months ago before trading it in and found my TI-85. Put it in there when I bought the truck in May of 2003. Pulled the corroded battery, put a new one in, and it fired right up. Took it to work and have been using the heck out of it, not to its full potential by any means, but it is nice for basic math, trig, etc. Use it a lot when doing drawings and don't want to flip to a different window on computer to do some math.
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There is also a 48gx RPN app for android. But the keys just don't feel the same.
I also have a 49, which can be set for either RPN or algebraic.
Again, the keys just don't feel right.
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.
*Marvin Simkin* L.A. Times (1992)
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Was cleaning out my truck a few months ago before trading it in and found my TI-85. Put it in there when I bought the truck in May of 2003. Pulled the corroded battery, put a new one in, and it fired right up. Took it to work and have been using the heck out of it, not to its full potential by any means, but it is nice for basic math, trig, etc. Use it a lot when doing drawings and don't want to flip to a different window on computer to do some math. My TI85 went to my son after 15 years of use by me, pretty good investment in the end. I mostly use a simple TI-35 now for things too simple for the computer.
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid"
John Wayne
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I do have a high end TI graphing unit purchased for the kid's college math. I'm locked into RPN though, and the TI never makes it to the desk.
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