17 Apr
2011
17 Apr
'11
12:24 a.m.
On 04/16/2011 09:41 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Consider: When was the last HP-16C calculator sold?
Why did HP quit
selling it, but still sells the HP-12C financial calculator to this
day? It would seem that if there were really a market, the 12C
chassis could be reprogrammed to continue the 16C line. But it's not-
-because few need to sit over a dump and work out what went wrong.
Because nobody works at that level any longer; it would not be a
profitable product for HP.
Another reason might be that HP is just too expensive ?
Just 3 years ago I bought a scientific calculater which also does hex,octal, binary and
has all the logic functions. Price : 5 USD new.....
Admittedly no RPN, keyboard less good, but still fully usable.
Jos