the worst?

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(03-31-2023 12:27 PM)John Garza (3665) Wrote:  This was the first top of the line machine that didn't do that. In fact, it failed to meet some expectations.

I could not afford an HP-41C when I would have needed it most (during university that is). When I started collecting calculatos years later, I bought my first 41 with great expectations, because that used to be "best calculator" during the first half of the 1980ies. Playing around with it I soon found out about all the issues you mention in your posting, the worst for me being this "XEQ ALPHA function_name thing". The most awful way ever implemented on any machine to invoke a function!

And of course the fact that now you need to buy three HP-41s if you want to have one that's actually working. On the other hand almost every HP-67 still works and these calculators are five years older than most 41s.

Regards
Max