Well, I was going to ask ...

[Alan Jackson]

On Fri, 07 May 2004 16:58:06 -0500
Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:

> 
> About a decade ago I was involved in a major purchase of HP equipment. 
> Because of the size of the purchase, we were asked if there was anything we 
> wanted as a bonus.  I asked for calculators (I love the RPN).  We were told, 
> no.  It seems that HP did not quite break even on the calculator division and 
> only continued producing them because it put the HP name in front of so many 
> engineers and financial types.
> 

They built them too well. I've only owned 2 calculators. I bought an
HP-24c when it came out in 1975, and when it busted I got a new
one (I forget the model) in about 1984 that I still use. I too love
RPN.

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