Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?

Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by macintux on Monday September 23, 2019 @05:17PM (#21053791)

I’d be in trouble: I use RPN calculators, and am practically crippled if I try to use anything else.

Of course, I’d probably not be in as much trouble as whatever poor sod got stuck with my HP.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by lb1lf on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:13AM (#21056768)

Oh, we had one approved graphing calculator - well, two. The Casio FX-7700 and its big brother, the FX-9700.

Problem solved. Except if you happened to prefer RPN; I had a HP-48 which I had bought prior to the edict naming The One True Calculator - the day I enrolled at university, I started using it again, only to be met with a similar edict in my second term, naming the Ti-89 the only kosher graphing calculator.

Since I graduated, the HP-48 has been in daily use.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:26AM (#21058031)

They only allowed the one with the computer algebra system? How strange.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by ttul on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @12:33AM (#21056586)

An HP 48 put me through engineering school. I now own an HP Prime. Sweet piece of hardware. Of course, I have no use for it anymore.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by dillonmckay on Monday September 23, 2019 @07:13PM (#21054778)

48?

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by macintux on Monday September 23, 2019 @07:18PM (#21054814)

I’m actually not sure I still have my 48. I have one of the new limited edition 15s and an ancient 41.

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