Heads up: Cheap scientific calculator

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Thanks for that Trevor. I will put it on my shopping list.

Some of their deals are outstanding, especially this.

2 that came to mind were those 5 - 6" outdoor speakers identical to the WES ones at about half the price and 6kg boxes of cat litter crystals at about half the price of Woolies on one of these ALDI special deals, and we stocked up.

Also has the added advantage of pissing off Dick Smith for shopping at Aldi.

"Trevor Wilson"

** I have two calculators in regular use - a Radio Shack (Casio) EC-4012 and a Casio fx-82SX. The EC-4012 was made in Japan and is 27 years old while the fx-82 was made in China and is about 15 years old.

One sits near the PC and the other on my workbench.

The annoying thing is how keyboards differ SOOOO much - egs:

One has an X squared key with 2nd function of sq rt X - the other has the reverse.

One has a "pi" key and the other uses the EXP for "pi".

One has a "y to the x " key and the other uses the X key 2nd function for " x to the y ".

The heavily used 1/x function uses the 2nd function of "Min" on one and of "EXP" on the other.

The only keys in the same places and doing the same jobs are the numerals 0 to 9 !!!

You woulda thunk Casio might have standardised the keyboards a bit better.

... Phil

awhile ago and it is almost indentical to my Casio

Casio fx-82SX. The EC-4012 was made in Japan and

I used to have a HP 41C calculator, it stopped working many years ago and was lost forever by the idiots at Wridgeways when I moved from OZ to Europe. Don't do business with these crooks, they are unrepentant thieving bastards.

awhile ago and it is almost indentical to my Casio

a Casio fx-82SX. The EC-4012 was made in Japan and

I have a TI-55 that I found at a rubbish tip.

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My HP-41CV + extra memory + math function pack is sitting waiting for a battery tab repair due to leaking cells......

It may wait another 10 years yet.

My TI-55 is waiting battery replacement. It may be interesting to see which gets done first.

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I have only ever used HP scientific calculators, 21/25?, 28 and now the

48G. The first two really wore out in under ten years .

I wasn't impressed with that happening.

The 48g is only still going as it was/is hardly used.

That was my problem with my HP25 after five years. Self repaired/bodgy and managed to get another five years out of it.

Does anybody actually use calculators any more? there are an abundance of calculator apps for phones of every type and computers too. Even the one bundled with Win 7 is pretty decent, even has a programmer mode.

**I can't speak for anyone else, but I use one almost daily. It's easier than booting a computer. It's even easier than trying to find an application. I can use one at the workbench, at the breakfast table, or even on the sofa. Power consumption is minimal and for 4 Bucks, it doesn't even warrant a second thought.

Still, I'm an old fashioned guy. I'm re-learning how to use my old Faber Castell 2/83N slide rule. I even like the smell of the old girl.

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Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

The Win7 calc is good, shame you cant run it on XP.

Yes, far more convenient that find one of those and fiddling with the keys or turning it on. Actually, my brain is just as fast as most computer calculators.

Which shows you how useless they really are.

terryc wrote in news:jegd9j$l4m$1@dont- email.me:

Only on one of your off days. :-S

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I have used calculators since the HP35, after the slide-rule days. Have for years had a HP200LX sitting on the desk, and used its calculator app all the time. The biggest nuisance was I needed a different calculator app to do hex/binary calcs. But now I use an app for the Android phone which does all of the scientific stuff, in RPN, and hex/binary as well, one touch to launch it on the phone, and its always with me. Yes you do have to charge the battery every couple of days, but at least its only one thing to carry around and keep track of.

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HP-15C, all the time. Now over 30 years old. Even have an HP-15C calculator on the i-device.

Aint RPN great, after using my 41CV for many years it took a decade before I stopped looking for the enter key on other calculators.

My computers are always on, just a case of clicking on the icon. If there isn't a computer in reach, my android phone can do normal, scientific, programming or financial calculations.

I've still got the Faber Castell 62/82 electronics slip stick, but it is more of a sentimental attachment I haven't used it in years. I also have a Casio scientific calculator that I bought in Japan back in 1982 and have never found any better, but it hasn't been used in several years either.

**I don't leave my computer on. It is not always within convenient reach and I don't have a smart 'phone. I'm happy with my $4.00 calculator. **Different strokes. I like having a calculator handy.

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Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

I agree, I have to fumble around on any other calc, even for 1+1=2 stuff, and doing complex math is totally hopeless without RPN.

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Adrian Jansen           adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
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