From: lm at mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:55:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200321025522.GA30810@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2003211333130.11999@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 01:49:27PM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Nemo Nusquam wrote:
>
> >Hhmm, back in my early days, the 12C was highly coveted by financial
> >types. Our mileage differed.
>
> I've never seen one (but I've heard of them). Hmmm... The blue "g" key
> rings a bell from somewhere.
>
> >By the way, HP will sell you an Android app'n that looks just like their
> >venerable (and much missed) calculators.
>
> Sell? I downloaded "Free42" for the Mac for free :-)
An app will never give you that feelng of touching quality when you
pushed the keys. Those were really well made tools. I'm a tool guy,
I've got a full on wood working shop (with a ton of old and new hand
planes, the new guys are making some good stuff), pretty decent metal
working, Logan lathe, stick, mig, plasma, and a full on mechanic shop,
up to 3/4" impacts, I do tractors and big trucks.
I love tools and an app is not a replacement for putting your fingers
on an old HP calc.
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2020-03-17 15:41 ` clemc
2020-03-17 22:48 ` dave
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[not found] ` <c44be69f-846d-55f2-2709-8765f7f5fcc4@gmail.com>
2020-03-19 21:31 ` dave
2020-03-19 21:30 ` cym224
2020-03-19 21:48 ` stewart
2020-03-21 2:49 ` dave
2020-03-21 2:55 ` lm [this message]
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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[not found] ` <0b0d0ba3-7eae-a844-cc9a-ae542edb302b@tnetconsulting.net>
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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