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HP calculators were great. I’ve owned several of the postfix based ones. (I.e. one enters 12, 30, + instead of 12 + 30) The article may not make it clear how m
by todd8 6y ago
HP calculators were great. I’ve owned several of the postfix based ones. (I.e. one enters 12, 30, + instead of 12 + 30)
The article may not make it clear how many efforts were going on in that timeframe to manufacture calculators. The first electronic calculator I saw at MIT was a desktop system by Wang; it had a Nixie tube display, see [1,2,3].
The first handheld calculator I ever came into contact with was in 1971 when I saw a student with a Bowmar Brain.
[1] https://peoplaid.com/2020/08/12/the-story-of-an-wang-developer-of-the-desktop-computer/ https://peoplaid.com/2020/08/12/the-story-of-an-wang-develop...
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
[4] http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/bowmar_calculators.html http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/bowmar_calculators.ht...
- sllabres 6y ago"postfix based" == RPN (reverse polish notation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation If one wants to try out on an android mobile go to: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ab.x48 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ab.x48 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.emulator.forty.eight https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.emulator.f...