HP-71B Custom Key Definitions to save lots of keystrokes

[Valentin Albillo]

(02-09-2021 03:20 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  

(02-08-2021 08:24 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  ... That silly Calc Mode that the dev. team crowed about so much was an abomination ... They even got Joe Horn to like it, for a little while, and he had Papal dispensation and should have been immune. Powerful beings, those HP dev guys were...

I was young and impressionable at the time. Forgive me.

I forgive you, too, but it seems you were still "young and impressionable" back in 2009 (after 25 years of HP-71B), judging by this PDF document:

The HP-71B “Math Machine” 25 Years Old

Quoting from it, you say:

• "The calculator which solved the RPN vs AOS problem was the HP-71B. Its “CALC Mode” [...] It’s a brilliant design that HP should revive before somebody else does. I would in fact recommend that all future HP algebraic calculators implement this method of expression entry."

Mother of God !

Regards.
V.