Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!voodoo!tomm From: tomm@voodoo.UUCP (Tom Mackey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Handheld for school use..? Message-ID: <617@voodoo.UUCP> Date: 27 Nov 89 22:12:26 GMT References: <3154@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> <9113@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: tomm@voodoo.UUCP (Tom Mackey) Distribution: na Organization: Voodoo Graphics Project Lines: 17 I was in the same spot...showed my daughter how to use my HP-25 and my Sharp EL-506H and let her decide which entry method she preferred. She liked the RPN method, so since I was too emotionally attached to my trusty ol' HP-25, I started looking for HP calculators in the local free ads (Little Nickel). I found her an HP-33 for $25 bucks so she has the best of 2 worlds... a good calculator that will last her until I can't get battery packs and a cash outlay that I don't have to worry her about. She likes it, the other kids think its cool, and I'll start her programming on it pretty soon. By the way, I couldn't stop looking and found myself an HP-41CV + some goodies for $80 shortly after I found hers. HP calculators are VERY sturdy and I have no qualms about buying one used. If it works when I look at it, it'll most likely continue to work as long as you can keep electrons flowing in it. -- Tom Mackey (206) 234-7767 (wk) Boeing Computer Services ....uw-beaver!ssc-vax!voodoo!tomm M/S 6M-17, P.O. Box 24346, Seattle, WA 98124-0346