Well, I was going to ask ...

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 05:32, Alan Jackson wrote:
> 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.

Same here. My HP dates from '84 or '85. I did play with the idea of
getting a new one some years back, but resisted.

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Roger Oberholtzer
roger at opq.se