HP Calculator Applications in the Workplace

[Chris Randle (UK)]

Using a 50g at work to convert Seagate hard drive date codes to a human-readable date. Another that tells me how many hours/mins/secs fast/slow a BIOS clock is when I type in the date/time that it's showing.

Also using it to keep track of my timesheet and "flexitime". Neither the company-provided Excel spreadsheet nor the new multi-million (probably) pound program works properly.

I spend a lot of time looking at hex, so I also use a 16C for doing the usual things that 16Cs do best; but no programs.

But, like most of us here (I suspect), I'm a calculator nerd, so I probably wouldn't be using them if I wasn't already looking for a reason - even though they do the job more quickly and easily than any other solution I can think of.