30 Aug
2006
30 Aug
'06
6:59 p.m.
Subject: Re: Octal
From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:22:14 -0700 (PDT)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
the led model also had a rotten keyboard. The batteres in mine
gave good service but the keyboard was useless after a year.
FYI: I have a clock radio (GE) that used a TI chip in the PLL and
their rotten keyboard (same failure mode).
Here's a question for the list - how many
still have and use the TI
calculator that could be used in octal or hex?
TI Programmer first model had an LED display, and went through batteries
rather quickly. There is an enormous range of what life people would get
from the batteries in it, ranging from hours to weeks. TI Programmer Second model had an LCD display, and the
batteries
outlasted the keyboard (NOT a clean room situation)
Casio CFX40 and CFX400 wrist watch scientific calculator that had
decimal, hex, and octal modes. They are starting to become hard to find.
Cute but it was hard to use.
Allison