30 Aug
2006
30 Aug
'06
8:34 p.m.
-----------Original Message
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:37:30 -0700
From: "Billy Pettit" <Billy.Pettit at wdc.com>
Subject: Octal
Here's a question for the list - how many still have and use the TI
calculator that could be used in octal or hex?
Billy
----------Reply:
By coincidence, I just happen to have my TI Programmer in front
of me, in the process of replacing its NiCds.
I used to use my Casio fx-451 (the solar powered one) a fair bit
(easier than the TI to read & doesn't need an AC adapter), but lately
I've found the Windows Calculator to be the most convenient
(nicer keyboard & display and doesn't take any desk space).
mike
30 Aug
30 Aug
8:45 p.m.
M H Stein wrote:
I've found the Windows Calculator to be the most
convenient
(nicer keyboard & display and doesn't take any desk space).
mike
I find computer calculator programs a pain.
In fact it is hard to find a good calculator - read
nice display -- good keyboard. You don't find that
with the $5 calculator market.
9:14 p.m.
On 8/31/06, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
M H Stein wrote:
> I've found the Windows Calculator to be the most convenient
> (nicer keyboard & display and doesn't take any desk space).
> mike
I prefer 'dc', the calculator program that comes with UNIX - it does
different radix inputs and outputs, and uses RPN, plus, I _always_
have a UNIX shell handy (and almost never have a real calculator or a
Windows box in front of me).
I find computer calculator programs a pain.
In fact it is hard to find a good calculator - read
nice display -- good keyboard. You don't find that
with the $5 calculator market.
I miss my old Sharp 4-banger with the flourescent digits. I have the
parts in a bag, but it needs some serious plastic reconstruction - I
think the plasticizer was all baked out - the case is seriously
brittle.
-ethan
10:17 p.m.
On 8/30/2006 at 9:45 PM woodelf wrote:
I find computer calculator programs a pain.
Depends on the calculator. I use this one all of the time and would love
to have it in a nice little handheld:
http://www.bias.at/Download/english/calcdle.htm
But it does the job right now.
Cheers,
Chuck
1 Sep
1 Sep
4:07 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Depends on the calculator. I use this one all of the
time and would love
to have it in a nice little handheld:
http://www.bias.at/Download/english/calcdle.htm
But it does the job right now
I tend to use TextCalc when on machines with
braindead OS's (read
windows.) It's nice, except that it doesn't easily handle hex, and it
doesn't handle binary and octal at all. But it's very useful when you
want to write down your thoughts and do calculations at the same time.
http://www.atomixbuttons.com/textcalc/
Wish there was a better version where I could say (0xfffffff8 &
10.10.66.22) and have it spit out =10.6.66.0 right next to it for
example. :-)
Would love something like that on the unixes. For now I can use the
print command under bwbasic which someone has wisely compiled as a shell
program.
8:27 a.m.
Ray Arachelian wrote:
Wish there was a better version where I could say
(0xfffffff8 &
10.10.66.22) and have it spit out =10.6.66.0 right next to it for
example. :-)
Would love something like that on the unixes. For now I can use the
print command under bwbasic which someone has wisely compiled as a shell
program.
"man ipcalc"
Doc
31 Aug
31 Aug
4:48 p.m.
I've found
the Windows Calculator to be the most convenient
(nicer keyboard & display and doesn't take any desk space).
mike
I find computer calculator programs a pain. In fact it is hard to find a good calculator - read
nice display -- good keyboard. You don't find that
with the $5 calculator market.
What you mean is 'it's hard to find one _new_'. It's very easy to find
calculators with decent displays (LED or LCD), great keyboards, and
useful functions round here. Thing is, they're all made by HP, and
they're all at least 20 years old.
-tony
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