Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Calculators. Message-ID: <7044@ficc.uu.net> Date: 17 Nov 89 23:18:12 GMT Article-I.D.: ficc.7044 References: <14468@well.UUCP> <111@cupcake.sal.wisc.edu> <1989Nov13.105623.12321@gdt.bath.ac.uk> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 23 HP: tough as nails, and for a long time they were the best choice for programmers, because the TI Programmer was a total waste of plastic and Casio was just starting up. I bought an HP16C for $160 6 years ago and have no regrets. Today I'd buy a Casio something or other instead. TI: Until they gave up on it, they were the leading edge for nerds, just as HP was the leading edge for yuppies. The TI-59 was the fastest programmable calculator available at the time, which was great for iterative stuff. And, reall, the RPN affectation was just that: an affectation. 4-place stacks suck. Casio: This is where it's at today. Not as tough as HP, but who cares? for the price of an HP you can get a suitcase full. In the future: pocket computers. It's almost to the point where you'll be able to get an IBM-PC clone that'll fit. Crummy as they might be, Lotus 1-2-3 makes a great calculator. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "vi is bad because it didn't work after I put jelly in my keyboard." -- Jeffrey W Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)