From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: stewart at serissa.com (Larry Stewart) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:48:12 -0400 Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs In-Reply-To: <15976a67-1666-9ae9-99c1-e0a09ffba360@gmail.com> References: <15976a67-1666-9ae9-99c1-e0a09ffba360@gmail.com> Message-ID: > On Mar 19, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Nemo Nusquam wrote: > > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> COFF mailing list >> COFF at minnie.tuhs.org >> https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff > > _______________________________________________ > COFF mailing list > COFF at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff The HP calculator apps run the original microcode...