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Emulation is a good idea. HP spent a huge amount of resources to try to ensure their calculators return the best possible numeric results. It is an issue many
by nas 16y ago
Emulation is a good idea. HP spent a huge amount of resources to try to ensure their calculators return the best possible numeric results. It is an issue many people forget about, for example, compare the statistical function accuracy of Excel vs R or Gnumeric.
As an example in the calculator world, I like free42 and had it installed on my Palm. However, I don't have the same confidence in it as I have in my HP-48 or my HP-35s. If I'm doing engineering calculations then I really prefer to use a real HP calculator or an emulated one using original firmware.
- roxstar 16y agoOne of the sad things though is that hp has really declined in quality calculators, if you look around you'll find quite a few problems regarding accuracy in the new 35s close to critical values. (Though they may have updated the software version since my purchase a few years ago) I do like my giant hp50g for anything that doesn't need matlab though, and the 35s is still pretty good despite its errors (especially since I know where the errors exist).