About the 39GS

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(02-18-2018 12:32 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  What makes it so horrible? Its programming language is the same as the Prime which I find the best language of any calculator I've ever used (I've used most programmables from the HP 9100A and later)

Mainly I've not yet fathomed out how to use the connectivity kit in order to write programs on my laptop and transfer them to the 39gs. Fire it up and all you get is a list of files and folders local to your PC, which is no good to me.

I do also own a Prime and I can see the similarities between the two machines. However, with the Prime I can write programs on the laptop and transfer them over once written. Also I don't spend most of my time trying to work out in which menu functions are hidden or pressing "backspace" to delete the wrong alpha keystroke -- the alpha characters are printed almost at the same height as the shifted functions of the key below, so I keep pressing, for example, [ALPHA][TAN] to get "C" when I should in fact be pressing [ALPHA][d/dx].

The hardware is more or less the same as the 50g so that's OK.

I won't complain about the total absence of RPN on the 39/40gs because I knew that before I bought them.

I might get more used to them with more practice but a) I don't have time to practise and b) I shouldn't have to!