1 Mar
2013
1 Mar
'13
7:28 a.m.
On 2/28/2013 1:22 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I remember borrowing them, but never owned one.
I may be old fashioned but I want software to be productive
not full of gimmicks. I have 3 button microwave (High,low,defrost)
and 30 min rotary timer. I does the job it wants to do.
I run windows to play games and surf the web and do a little
C programing. ( Less now that I got bundled with 64 bit windows,
as many of all my old apps will not. t.com was nice editor ).
I disagree
here. That is mass market prices. I want a computer *Done* right.
HP calculators ~ 1975 was the last computing device I have seen done right.
Precisely!
I would much rather pay $100 for somethingthat does the job han $25 for
soemthign that doesn't.
Going bnack 30 eyars, the BBC micro was expensive, sure. But it worked.
The Sinclair Specturm was a lot cheaper, but it was nmt useful fo rthe
soets of thigns I want to do.
I do wonder, though, why you think the HP67 (1975-ish) was the last
useable HP calcualtor. I feel the HP41 and HP71 families are also
well-desngied. Current HP models, fo coruse, are not. -tony
Ben.