Detron's Calculator Experience, or even more proof I am a nerd

[detron]

Thank you, detron!

Going to have to look into finding an HP 48 or 50 at some point. I like easy arithmetic. 

here is a great demo of this

http://www.mathtutordvd.com/members/Section_17_Using_the_Equation_Library_HP_50g.cfm

[gerleatherberman]

Thanks, detron!

[detron]

hmmm, my example link seems to be for members, I am not a member, but found it via Google.   

[AlephZero]

I used to have a calculator, and I can't for the very life of me remember the make or model...

It was landscape configuration, had qwerty keyboard + number keyboard
It was programmable in BASIC
Silver in color
Had a hard plastic case you could slide over it

Must have been late 80's model...

Any ideas, anyone?

[Dutch_Tooler]

Casio FX-802P? That one had a printer too. There are some without like the 850.

[Ron Who]

I had one of those, 1985-1986. It had 1K of ROM, Basic included, IIRC. My first HLL programmable, I got myself a PC soon afterwards.

[Whoey]

my memory is foggy on details but I'm pretty sure I did a lot of math homework on a very similar yet more basic version of that casio 5000, but it also had the (rather fantastic option imho) sliding power switch

[Chako]

Now that you mentioned it...I also remember a similar calculator. I do not remember much but it had a blue hard case shell, and the keys were blue and grey with half the keys having raised dots for texture. Not sure on manufacturer. It was also a landscape type scientific calculator. You guys just reminded me of it.

[Don Pablo]

I got a packet earlier last week. 
Inside, a long box!

Box, though a bit tattered, is perfectly useable.

Price: 13 shillings. There apparently used to be 20 shillings in one pound. So this was 13/20th of a pound. From the time period it was probably made, I figure that's equivalent to around £15 today. So it's just the equivalent of a cheap casio calculator 

[AlephZero]

Casio FX-802P? That one had a printer too. There are some without like the 850.

I think it probably was a Casio, but not that model, no printer on that one 

IIRC, it had a sliding power switch... I could be totally wrong too 

[AlephZero]

I think I found one on Ebay...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Excellent-Casio-Fx-880P-RARE-POCKET-COMPUTER-Calculator-PROGRAMMABLE/323475473676?hash=item4b50a4050c:g:zOIAAOSw7W1bsNp2

Way too expensive for me to get of course 

[Don Pablo]

I think I found one on Ebay...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Excellent-Casio-Fx-880P-RARE-POCKET-COMPUTER-Calculator-PROGRAMMABLE/323475473676?hash=item4b50a4050c:g:zOIAAOSw7W1bsNp2

Way too expensive for me to get of course 

It looks very cool.  But what does the BS button do? 
I agree with you on that price. 

[Ron Who]

The BS button is used to obtain a BS answer. Or else it might be a backspace button.

[Don Pablo]

[detron]

The BS button is used to obtain a BS answer. Or else it might be a backspace button.

I was thinking something similar, but unable to articulate it in an MTO approved way.   

[Grant Lamontagne]

Funny, I thought an MTO answer would have come naturally given how much BS we seem to generate on a daily basis! 

Def

[detron]

found this little beauty at my local Goodwill.  Paid $3.



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this is circa 1974.  sold for around $20 at that time.  the Casio Personal-mini

the insides of this is really cool,  here is a link where someone did a teardown  http://kuzyatech.com/casio-personal-mini-teardown-in-pictures


MODS,  any idea why images from the gallery are not working? 

[Ron Who]

I can see the image. Nice find. 

[detron]

I can see the image. Nice find. 

Thanks,   I can see it now too.

[gerleatherberman]

Nice find, detron!

[Grant Lamontagne]

Is it just me or are old school printed circuits not the coolest things to look at?

Def

[smiller43147]

I posted a while back with one of my slide rules from my collection, but it just occurred to me that I've been using this HP 11C for over 30 years now.

[Don Pablo]

Unique (thats a rather funny name for a company ) Universal II.


Multiplication, Division, Squares, Square Roots, Sines, Cosines, Tangents are all (relatively) easy to calculate. 

Also cubes, cube roots, reciprocals, but those are rather more complicated than on fancier slide rules, because it doesn't have the proper scales for them.

[detron]

Is it just me or are old school printed circuits not the coolest things to look at?

Def

they are amazing to look at

[detron]

I posted a while back with one of my slide rules from my collection, but it just occurred to me that I've been using this HP 11C for over 30 years now.

that is a great calculator.  I do not have an 11C yet, but the 15C is nice too, and since I have one of those it is hard to justify buying an 11C

[detron]

Unique (thats a rather funny name for a company ) Universal II.
(Image removed from quote.)

Multiplication, Division, Squares, Square Roots, Sines, Cosines, Tangents are all (relatively) easy to calculate. 

Also cubes, cube roots, reciprocals, but those are rather more complicated than on fancier slide rules, because it doesn't have the proper scales for them.

I will have to break out my slide rule, and let you tell me what you think of it.  I appreciate them, and enjoy them, but I am not proficient with them at all

[Don Pablo]

Unique (thats a rather funny name for a company ) Universal II.
(Image removed from quote.)

Multiplication, Division, Squares, Square Roots, Sines, Cosines, Tangents are all (relatively) easy to calculate. 

Also cubes, cube roots, reciprocals, but those are rather more complicated than on fancier slide rules, because it doesn't have the proper scales for them.

I will have to break out my slide rule, and let you tell me what you think of it.  I appreciate them, and enjoy them, but I am not proficient with them at all

I'm not very proficient either.  I just follow what the instructions say.  I even digitized them and uploaded them to my phone.

[Dutch_Tooler]

Unique (thats a rather funny name for a company ) Universal II.
(Image removed from quote.)

Multiplication, Division, Squares, Square Roots, Sines, Cosines, Tangents are all (relatively) easy to calculate. 

Also cubes, cube roots, reciprocals, but those are rather more complicated than on fancier slide rules, because it doesn't have the proper scales for them.

I will have to break out my slide rule, and let you tell me what you think of it.  I appreciate them, and enjoy them, but I am not proficient with them at all

I'm not very proficient either.  I just follow what the instructions say.  I even digitized them and uploaded them to my phone.

  you know you could far more easily just download one, or more, of the probably, by now, one zillion calculator apps and do away with the slide rule altogether, do you?

[Don Pablo]

Unique (thats a rather funny name for a company ) Universal II.
(Image removed from quote.)

Multiplication, Division, Squares, Square Roots, Sines, Cosines, Tangents are all (relatively) easy to calculate. 

Also cubes, cube roots, reciprocals, but those are rather more complicated than on fancier slide rules, because it doesn't have the proper scales for them.

I will have to break out my slide rule, and let you tell me what you think of it.  I appreciate them, and enjoy them, but I am not proficient with them at all

I'm not very proficient either.  I just follow what the instructions say.  I even digitized them and uploaded them to my phone.

  you know you could far more easily just download one, or more, of the probably, by now, one zillion calculator apps and do away with the slide rule altogether, do you?

I also have a Casio scientific calculator. Just because there's OHO, Locking, etc, knives around don't mean that Celidor or Alox is useless. 

[gerleatherberman]

  you know you could far more easily just download one, or more, of the probably, by now, one zillion calculator apps and do away with the slide rule altogether, do you?

Blasphemy!