Itty Bitty HPs
Credit card-sized clones of the old HP RPN series calculators for sale:
Ah, I remember my 12C fondly. All the lesser mortals had to content themselves with Texas Instruments trash, but we sci-geeks had saved up our lawn-mowing money so we could acquire the manly HP calculator. Simply owning one made you smarter, I tell ya.
It was always fun to lend your calculator to a less-than-bright classmate and watch them become utterly confused by the reverse Polish notation entry mode. Ever seen a monkey trying to peel a plastic banana? Same thing.
Ah, I remember my 12C fondly. All the lesser mortals had to content themselves with Texas Instruments trash, but we sci-geeks had saved up our lawn-mowing money so we could acquire the manly HP calculator. Simply owning one made you smarter, I tell ya.
It was always fun to lend your calculator to a less-than-bright classmate and watch them become utterly confused by the reverse Polish notation entry mode. Ever seen a monkey trying to peel a plastic banana? Same thing.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 13:09
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I still have my 15C and I actually use it at work. You just can't beat RPN when you are stringing together a long series data in a calculation.
As it happens there ae a few HP12c and 15c apps/simulators on the iPhone. So they might have something similar for those other phones too. :)
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