Originally Posted by
qcpmsame
H-P guy here, too, I use the 48G for work, got my first in 1994. Always wanted a 41CV but never had the money for one. Lots of programming packs for it when I worked off shore in well logging. My quick use pocket calculator is an older 32S programmable, picked it up in 88 for work. RPN has always worked well for me, I've been told it was because my brain works backwards, as well. The newest 49 and 50 models look sweet but mt 48 is just fine, maybe a 48GX so I could use some of the program packs, I need a new post cable to interface with my laptop, though.
However when I feel really nerdy, my collection of slide rules in waiting for me. I should look into a K&E tattoo, perhaps, my Deci-Lon would look great as the pattern for some ink.
Bill
K+E ... that's what you got if you had the money to buy it.
My Dad gave me this little free sample slide rule when I was in 4th grade, and my older brother taught me to use it. Made by TDK ... all of about 6 inches long. It was made from bamboo and had a magnifying cursor and was pretty much as accurate as the full sized ones. I used it all the way into college until they started permitting scientific calculators. Still have it too!
I really loved that HP-41. You could play all kinds of synthetic programming tricks with it, dynamically reallocate memory ... all sorts of stuff. I even used it to do a finals project to simulate a non linear control system in my master's program. Somewhere (I have to find it), I've got the card reader and even that optical pen.