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> Christopher Wright wrote:
>> but I heard once that HP was out of the calculator business.
HP stills make scientific calculators. They recently came out with the
HP35s which is an updated version of the HP35 that came out in the early
70's. They originally cost $400, I got mine in 1975 for $300 (I thought
I got a great deal). I still have the HP35, I had to get a new battery
pack after too many recharges. At work I have a HP48G. When there was
a yet another rumor a few years ago that HP was getting out of the
calculator business, I bought 2 more 48Gs from Ebay. I don't like the
button locations for the new HPs. The funny thing is that the HP35 is
more than enough of a calculator for me (add, subtract, multiple,
cosine, etc.). If the calculations get complicated, I use a spreadsheet
instead of programming the calculator.
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