19 Apr
2008
19 Apr
'08
4:56 a.m.
I've got several HP calculators but my favourit is the HP67 for normal
calculations .
I like of cause the LED display and it's a very handy machine small programs
are no problem and the card reader is integrated.
For solving and plotting graphics I find the HP48 an nice machine, but
classic calculators just have more 'feeling'.
I do have a 'mint' 48GX bought from the dutch marketplace called
'marktplaats' for 30,- euro's with new manuals just lucky I guess.
From the same list I bought my 97 and 91 for 40,- euro
together with a lot
HP41 stuff, that is what keeps things affordable.
But other stuff I bought from epay and sometimes payed to much because of
the love and adiction for vintage calculators and computers and having 'the
maybe this is the lost one ever and I want it feeling' ;-)
Sometimes I buy some stuff on a fleemarket and sell it on epay, nothing
wrong with that I think because it is kepping the hobby affordable.
And of cause there are the 'small' diamonds you get from friends and total
strangers. One of my Compucorps was donated by a insurance salesman who used
it for calculating morgages including the tape with the morgage program, jus
because he heared I was collecting calculators.
Rik
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Floren" <slawmaster at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: HP41 (was Chess)
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Tony Duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
I got a 48S on ebay for $35 or so and in my opinion the 48 series is
great. I use it for all my engineering courses (fastest calculations
in the class, everyone else has to fight those stupid TI-89 things).
Although they look kinda nice, there's no reason to have a 48-anything
unless you're going to use it, so just look for used, known-to-work
calculators.
John
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No doubt
the 41 is a vintage piece though. You could
even probably add later models like the 10s, 48's. I
bought a 10s in 1990, and I doubt it was brand
spanking new then. I wouldn't mind having a 48GX
though. I have dreams of finding one still in the
original package. I think something like that could
fetch upwards of 600$ on ePay.
I don;t see the point of the original box. You;'d lower the vlaue as
soon
as you ripped off the shrinkwrap and started to use it, and what the
heck's the point of a calculator you don't use?
If you want a 48GX to use, they're not that rare...