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Am Sa  28. Juni 2008 schrieb steve:

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> RPN please.

>=20

> Actually it would be cool to do retro versions of the old HP prgrammable

> calcs ( 12 etc etc)

> Hehe, like donkey kong on the PC.

>=20

ACK.=20

Though it's hard to emulate the really lovely keys those calculators (25, 4=

1)=20

had, tactile feedback and all. (TI otoh had bouncing keys that made me smas=

h=20

some of their calculators. more fun to smash than to use ;-)

Waah, my 41CV went up in smoke recently, stored in my bookshelf that burned=

=20

down ;.( *sigh*

Also the info function (HP41 only?) on any keypress longer 2sec was *very*=

=20

smart, probably a patent of HP. (you remember? hold key down to show what's=

=20

going to happen when you release it. Hold down for >2sec to pre-cancel the=

=20

actual pending release action, in case info shows this wasn't what you=20

intended to do)
/jOERG
http://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/sim45.htm "press 'run'"

http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/article319/

http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/article319/rpnjcalc.html

http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/article319/hp-35/launch.html

http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/article319/hp-35.zip

http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/article319/x48.html

http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=3D4524
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/math/calc=20

http://directory.fsf.org/project/rpncalc/
recommended:

http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp35.htm

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> A few bugs got through this process. For example: 2.02 ln ex resulted in 2

> rather than 2.02. When the bug was discovered, HP had already sold 25,000

> units which was a huge volume for the company. In a meeting, Dave Packard

> asked what they were going to do about the units already in the field and

> someone in the crowd said "Don't tell?" At this Packard's pencil snapped

> and he said: "Who said that? We're going to tell everyone and offer them,=

 a

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> replacement. It would be better to never make a dime of profit than to ha=

ve

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> a product out there with a problem". It turns out that less than a quarter

> of the units were returned. Most people preferred to keep their buggy

> calculator and the notice from HP offering the replacement.

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