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$1 scientific calculator - Rick314 - 03-21-2019 03:05 AM I got my first $1 scientific calculator from a local Dollar Tree Store in 2009. A 2011 closed HP Forum thread discusses it, and it is very impressive for the price. I thought these notes I compiled about it might be useful to others. Code: * Look carefully for the dark red key legends, used only in special RE: $1 scientific calculator - Steve Simpkin - 03-21-2019 06:21 AM Recently I saw a 2-line scientific calculator similar to the one below selling for $1.99 at the local 99 cent store near me. https://www.ebay.com/p/Student-Multi-function-2-line-Display-12-DIGIT-Electronic-Scientific-Calculator/9004734154 RE: $1 scientific calculator - grsbanks - 03-21-2019 07:03 AM (03-21-2019 03:05 AM)Rick314 Wrote: A 2011 closed HP Forum thread discusses it […] Quoting a post in that thread: Martin Pinkney Wrote:Reminds me of the '60s when we we actually could purchase Japanese-made electronics. We used to get a kick out of some of the grammar in the instruction books. At the time I remember thinking, they have an American distributor for their products, why can't they cough up a few bucks for a technical writer? But then we would not have had the enjoyment. Even today I still get a chuckle out of the Casio fx-8000G and fx-8500G when you type an unrecognised command into the text editor. It shows you an "Irregal Command" error... RE: $1 scientific calculator - toml_12953 - 03-21-2019 07:30 AM (03-21-2019 03:05 AM)Rick314 Wrote: I got my first $1 scientific calculator from a local Dollar Tree Store in 2009. A 2011 closed HP Forum thread discusses it, and it is very impressive for the price. I have one of the same model shown in that thread also and it works fine. All the ones I see in the store now, though, have an inoperative STAT mode. When you press 2nd then STAT, nothing happens. The STAT indicator doesn't come on and the stat functions don't work. RE: $1 scientific calculator - Eddie W. Shore - 03-21-2019 12:59 PM This particular calculator has a decent keyboard. I bought another 99¢ calculator, not this particular model, and the keys were too soft. Eddie RE: $1 scientific calculator - Rick314 - 01-17-2020 10:49 PM (03-21-2019 07:30 AM)toml_12953 Wrote: All the ones I see in the store now, though, have an inoperative STAT mode. When you press 2nd then STAT, nothing happens. The STAT indicator doesn't come on and the stat functions don't work. Today I bought another $1 scientific calculator at a Dollar Tree store here in Spokane, WA. It is in a cellophane wrapper from the "Jot" company. The STAT functions work well, tested by the "Statistics example:" in my original post. This one is actually improved over my prior models -- The hard-to-read dark red labels (A B C D E F n <mean> S DATA) are now white and easy to read. But it no longer includes a separate cover to protect the keys. Everything else looks and feels the same. RE: $1 scientific calculator - Dave Britten - 01-18-2020 12:49 AM (03-21-2019 07:03 AM)grsbanks Wrote: Even today I still get a chuckle out of the Casio fx-8000G and fx-8500G when you type an unrecognised command into the text editor. It shows you an "Irregal Command" error... That cracks me up, especially because the manual tries to say it stands for "Irregular Algorithm". |