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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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