"Programmers" Calculator (was Re: ZX81 denigrated!)

[Philip Pemberton]

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          "Dr. Ido" <dr.ido at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> They made an LCD version as well, I have one somewhere (not that I'm likely
> to find it anytime soon).  From memory it's a variant of the TI-55mk2.
> 
> If you want something cheaper still from memory the casio fx-100d has hex,
> octal, binary and some logic functions.  There shouldn't be any trouble
> finding one.  At least around here they were the standard "high school"
> calculator before the graphic calcs came along.  

At the moment, I'm looking at the TI-89 Titanium. Hex and binary conversion
onboard, programmable in TI-BASIC, 68k assembler or C. 3.5MiB User FLASH,
180KiB User RAM, 160x100 greyscale LCD. Beats faffing around with Windoze
Calculator, anyway.

Later.
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