21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
8:55 p.m.
Dunno if it's generally known, but PPC member Emmett Gray wrote a Windows
HP-16 (won't run programs, though.) AFAIK, it's an otherwise faithful
reproduction, and it's free.
email me (manney(a)hmcltd.net) if you want a copy.
...still running my HP-41.
Manney
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: non HP RPN calculators (was: Re: SemiOT: Mourning for Classic C
On 18 Aug, Tony Duell wrote:
[HP49G]
Yes, it's horrible....
When (not if) mine fails, I will probably solder some real keyswitches to
the PCB. It'll look a right mess, but it'll be useable...
The main complaints I had were
[...]
I don't like the rubber keyboard,
That
was the bigest disapointment for me, when I saw the HP49G the first time. Everyone knows that this rubber
keyboards (at least the ones
on TV set remote controll units) are not durable. That low quality
design on a HP calculator? What comes next? Does HP drop RPN? (Like
Oh, probably. Apparently some people actually prefer the other form of
notation... After all, HP are now selling many models which don't have an
RPN mode...
I guess that some hacker is going to have to design and build his own RPN
calculators, then...
Similar for me. I don't go out hunting on
EPay. I don't need that stuff.
But I keep my eyes open and put my hands on everything that comes around
and is afordable.
So do I. If that makes me a calculator collector, well so be it ;-)
-tony