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From: akcs.dnickel@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Derek S. Nickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Some Questions
Message-ID: <279db7f1:1775.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 91 16:40:06 GMT
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Ajit,

By today's standards, the HP-41 is  a four function calculator :-)
(but I've owned an HP-41C, HP-41CV and an HP-41CX (as well as an HP-65
(and a very defective HP-67 (and about six or seven others...))))

On the other hand, even by today's standards, the HP 48SX is a bit
expensive ;-)  But it has a large display (131 x 64 pixels), symbolic
math, unit management, a slow Equation Writer, lots of graphing power,
Real Text (not just an alpha register), all sorts of data types (Real
Number, Complex Number, String, Array, Program, Unit, Tagged, Graphic...)
The HP 48SX comes with a 256K operating system, 32K of user memory.  You
can plug in up to two cards (either application or memory) of 128K each.
It can talk to a computer via KERMIT and RS232.  It really leaves the
HP-41 series in the dust.  You've got to at least SEE one before
upgrading your HP-41C.

        Derek S. Nickel