27 Sep
2001
27 Sep
'01
9:38 a.m.
I'm still partial to having some of those functions, too, but with a computer
running Windows nearly everywhere I turn, the calculator that's built-in there
seems to work fine. I gave all my TI calculators and printers away a couple of
years back and really don't miss 'em, though I always liked 'em when I used
'em.
They were harder to deal with where batteries were concerned, though, than are
the old HP's, and I think the easy-to-modify battery case is the reason I've
ended up with the HP's.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: Calc wars
I quit using most of my other calculators and,
today, use an HP 25C almost
exclusively, though I have a '21 also. I didn't know those were
collectibles.
back in the '70's, I modified the battery
holder so I could replace the
batteries when they went bad. This was a common problem. The use of
1.5-volt
batteries probably won't hurt anything if my
own calculators are any
indication,
though I've usually replaced the NiCd types
with others of the same sort.
Way back in '77 (I think), I got a mailing from TI advertising and
offerring for sale the TI Programmer, which was a simple 4-function
calculator in that standard black-plastic format they used to use,
replete with the also-standard LEDs. However, it wasn't actually a
four-function calculator, because it included radix conversion and
several standard logical operators.
At home, when I need radix conversion, instead of the Casio Fx-115m or
the Calc accessory, I still reach for the TI Programmer...
-dq