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And the Limited Edition was $139.99 when I got one in late 2012. I think I got my original one in 1982 for under $100, because I got two discounts. When I went
by tzs 3y ago
And the Limited Edition was $139.99 when I got one in late 2012.
I think I got my original one in 1982 for under $100, because I got two discounts. When I went to the Caltech bookstore to buy one they were sold out, but had one for display that people could try out. They said I could buy that one at a discount. There were no signs of any wear or abuse from the people who had tried it, so I was willing to buy it.
But I noticed that it was using comma instead of period for the decimal point, and period instead of comma for the group separator. Neither I nor the salesperson knew that there was a setting to swap these. We though it must either be defective, or somehow the store had actually been sent a model went for one of the countries that uses that convention.
The store offered me another discount because of that swap. I thought a while and decided that I could get used to it, and accepted.
- apricot 3y agoYou can switch between the point and comma decimal separators by turning the calculator off, holding down the "." key, turning it back on, then releasing the "." key.