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From: IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: RPN Calculators
Message-ID: <89318.134719IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 14 Nov 89 18:47:19 GMT
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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
In message <1347@argus.UUCP> ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes,

>With the Sharp 1500 you enter the equation exactly as you write it.
>ie "2 * sin 45" you press "2", "*", "SIN", "4", "5", "=".  I always
>liked this calculator because if you see the equation on the display,
>and you can go back and edit the equation if you get an answer that
>looks "funny".  This feature is also present in the Sharp 5100, or the
>Radio Shack PC-2 (pc for Pocket Computer) line.

The HP28S will let you do RPN calculations or enter your equations like
yours.  The nice thing about the 28S is you can mix algebraic calculations
with RPN operations.

Ian Matthew Smith (IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET)