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The calculator dudes stayed with HP for some reason and were phased out recently, probably due to old age and retirement, in favour of crap produced by the only
by gw98 4y ago
The calculator dudes stayed with HP for some reason and were phased out recently, probably due to old age and retirement, in favour of crap produced by the only calculator manufacturer on the planet: Kinpo.
I think the only old school folk left are working in the bowels of Keysight and any semiconductor companies Agilent spawned off.
- ilyt 4y agoSwiss Micros make some fancy stuff if you're for the old RPN thingy. My DM42 even works with original HP printer. Fun fact: the replacement printing head was available for buy as late as 2020 (Seiko MTP201-G166-E ), I bought used HP 82240B printer which had problems with the printing head and just... managed to buy a new one. From what I remember the head itself was widely used in other gear and that's why production ran so long
- gw98 4y agoI looked at the DM42 but I can't really justify the cost. I've got an original 15C and a 41C I still use that are going strong. I had a 48GX for a bit as well but someone stole it.
- DaiPlusPlus 4y ago> in favour of crap produced by the only calculator manufacturer on the planet What about TI?
- gw98 4y agoTI use Kinpo as well. TI, Casio, HP, Sharp are all the same calculators now with different enclosures and minor software differences.
- DaiPlusPlus 4y ago...even TI Nspire?
- gw98 4y agoNo they are made by Nam Tai in China with the TI89. The other TI8x series are made by Kinpo.