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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Seeking SideKick-/spreadsheet-type functionality for AT&T 3B2
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Date: 30 Oct 90 22:29:41 GMT
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In article <4254@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
> bc is much less user-friendly than, say, an HP-16C...or the rpn program
> that emulates it (albeit incompletely) for Unix. I have to wrestle bc to
> get an answer out of it, but I can get answers out of a 16C without having
> to think about it...kinda like WordStar.

But do you need a cute HP-16C keyboard drawn on your screen?

(I like my HP-16C too, but I recognise the keyboard as a compromise. Besides,
 even at HP's prices an HP-16C is a lot cheaper than a 3B2)
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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