The cheapest (and very colorful) I got was a Sharp for US$6.99 :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Paul" <jamesp@INTERTEX.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Programmer's Calculators


> All,
>
>  TI (Texas Instruments) also offers a Programmers Calculator which too
>  has conversion from/to Decimal, Binary, Hex, and Octal as well as the
>  And, Or, Nand, Nor, and Not functions.   The one I have is the older
>  LED model based on the TI30.  The newer ones are LCD types and very
>  thin.  The wallet type.  These also are inexpensive and very useful.
>  The one I have I've had for about 20 years or so, and I wouldn't give
>  it up for anything.
>
>  If you do any programming of anything at all, a programmers calculator
>  would be a definite asset to your toolset.   You'll often wonder how
>  you got along without it.
>
>  BTW, the windows calculator is good, but many times I want to check some
>  values or do some quick conversions and don't necessarily want to fire up
>  the computer just to use the calculator.   That's where the handheld and
>  computer independent machines really come in handy.
>
>  Bottom line.... Get one.  You can't go wrong.  They're inexpensive, and
>                  if you never used it, you wouldn't miss the few dollars
>                  you spent on it.  But I'm betting you'll use it so often,
>                  that there will be spots on the case worn almost through
>                  because of the amount of use it gets.
>
>
>                                                  Regards,
>
>                                                    Jim
> .....Snip snip...
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > This will probably be of interest to many of you:
> >
> > I've discovered a couple of very inexpensive calculators that Hex,
> > Binary, Decimal and Octal capabilities.  Both are $8.00 Canadian, and
> > provide many (if not more) functions of much more expensive
> > programmer's calculators:
> >
> .....Snip snip...
>
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