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It's an interesting h/w project, especially if you like nixie tubes. A more mature s/w emulation of many HP classic calulators is at: https://nonpareil.brouha
by johnea 3y ago
It's an interesting h/w project, especially if you like nixie tubes.
A more mature s/w emulation of many HP classic calulators is at:
https://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/ https://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/
I routinely use it's HP-41CV on my desktop. To me the Hp-41 represented a breakthrough in programmability.
The RPN user interface of these calulators was also highly superiour entry mode. Sort of the Beta of the Beta VHS shakedown. The superiour solution that lost to a larger marketing budget...
- nextos 3y agoI don't think RPN lost. It was not the dominant solution, but it was mainstream. I'd say the situation was more similar to Android vs iOS. Many engineering students of all disciplines used HPs during the 1980-2000s. At some point, the HP 48 was everywhere in campus.