Programming an HP-15C (2013)

Re:Programming an HP-15C (2013) by ghaff on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:38PM (#22238440)

I used an HP41 for many years but it eventually died and I didn't really use an engineering calculator enough any longer to justify either repairing it or picking one up on eBay. I really liked the ergonomics and, although I have an emulator on my iPhone, it's not the same without the physical keys.

I did pick up a 28 at one point but never really bonded with it.

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Re:Programming an HP-15C (2013) by mschaef on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:10PM (#22238869)

> I did pick up a 28 at one point but never really bonded with it.

IMO, the 28 and follow ons lost a lot of the focus of the earlier (more 'primitive') devices. They were more cumbersome to use, and whatever marginal improvement they offered in functionality didn't matter because everybody started to use PC's, laptops and the like.

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