To: DoodleBob
I still have my workhorse HP 12C from ~1980. Few people ever borrow an HP calculator, since the RPN input is very confusing to the casual user.
To: Think free or die
The RPN is a sort of poison pill...it keeps away the riff raff.
28 posted on
10/05/2022 5:47:44 PM PDT by
DoodleBob
( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: Think free or die
That’s why thieves won’t steal cars with stick shifts, too.
35 posted on
10/05/2022 5:51:02 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
To: Think free or die
“RPN input is very confusing to the casual user.”
Sort of like manual transmissions.
56 posted on
10/05/2022 6:09:04 PM PDT by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: Think free or die
I have mine as well. Cost me about $350 back then. That was real money.
72 posted on
10/05/2022 6:44:11 PM PDT by
Romulus
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