From: cym224 at gmail.com (Nemo Nusquam)
Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:30:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15976a67-1666-9ae9-99c1-e0a09ffba360@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2003200829080.11999@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On 03/19/20 17:31, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Mike Markowski wrote:
>>> I've been using my trusty HP-42S for so long that I can hardly
>>> remember how to use a "normal" calculator :-)
>> When my classmate's calculator died during an engineering exam, he
>> asked if he could borrow my spare. I handed him my HP 32s and after
>> a minute he whispered, "Where's the equals key?" He gave my
>> calculator back. :-)
> I did that to a financial controller in a previous life; she was not
> amused... Hey, it was the only calculator that I had! I could see
> her helplessly looking for the "=" key, then I took pity on her.
Hhmm, back in my early days, the 12C was highly coveted by financial
types. Our mileage differed.
By the way, HP will sell you an Android app'n that looks just like their
venerable (and much missed) calculators.
N.
>
> -- Dave
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2020-03-17 15:41 ` clemc
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2020-03-19 21:31 ` dave
2020-03-19 21:30 ` cym224 [this message]
2020-03-19 21:48 ` stewart
2020-03-21 2:49 ` dave
2020-03-21 2:55 ` lm
2020-03-21 4:01 ` [COFF] HP calculator emulators (was: The most surprising Unix programs) grog
2020-03-21 7:21 ` [COFF] The most surprising Unix programs tih
2020-03-21 21:10 ` mparson
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2020-03-20 15:40 ` [COFF] [TUHS] " gtaylor
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2020-03-20 19:11 ` clemc
2020-03-20 19:31 ` [COFF] " tih
2020-03-20 19:43 ` gtaylor
2020-03-20 19:47 ` gtaylor
2020-03-20 20:10 ` terry
2020-03-20 20:37 ` clemc
2020-03-20 20:30 ` tih
2020-03-20 20:31 ` clemc
2020-03-20 22:51 ` dave
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2020-03-20 16:07 ` [COFF] [TUHS] " gtaylor
2020-03-20 20:33 ` mike.ab3ap
2020-03-21 3:53 ` dave
2020-03-21 4:11 ` paul
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