My HP41 is still going strong, altho I've long forgotten how to use the programmable strips. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Hallikainen" To: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Re [OT]: Nostalgia - HP Journal Library / Museum of HP Calculators > I still have the HP-35 I got for my 21st birthday in 1972. The batteries are dead, something's wrong with the charger, and the slide switch needs some work. Otherwise, it's ok. Does HP still service these? > I have an HP 15C I use daily. I looked at the calculators my students were using in class last night. They all had TI calculators with parenthesis and equal signs. I sure like RPN! Remember the t-shirts printed with [enter] > = ? > > Harold > > ---------- Russell McMahon writes: > > > Another comment. > > ________________________________________ > > Russell, > > I have and still use my HP45 which I purchased at horrendous expense when I > was in the 7th form (25+ years ago). The NiCd's died long ago and the > plugpack power supply connector has been repaired a dozen times, and some > segments of the LED's have variable brightness, but overall it still works > well. > > I also have a current model HP RPN calculator which I purchased on special > at Frys when I was in California but it suffers from rampant featuritis and > has an LCD screen which is diffcult to see if the viewing angle is low. > > Except for the need to plug it in, I much prefer to use my HP45 for most > things. > > Sadly, I have been unable to convince my kids of the benfits of RPN - they > just look at me as though I am from another planet. > > Regards, > > Ken Mardle > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.