Hey Spehro,

> Which is better? Are they RPN? (Just kidding) (Why) are they better than
the
> Windows calculator? Is the base selection easy (unlike the HP48x, where it
> seems to be an afterthought).

Personally, I like the Aurex better - neither is RPN.  Base selection is
very easy on both.

> The thing I really miss on my lost, lamented HP16C is the variable
word-length
> selection, which the windows calc.exe has, but with only 3 choices- 8, 16,
32
> bits.

I still have the two HP-16C's I bought in 1982 - one for home and one for
work.  They are definitely the best programmer's calculators I've ever seen
although if somebody would make one that provided IEEE 754 operations, I'd
be willing to part with them.

I don't like on-screen calculators simply because they require taking focus
off the editor/simulator/debugger/emulator window.


In any case, you should be able to find a hand-held calculator for less than
$10.00 that you can try out.

myke

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