Too many calculators?

[johnb]

(10-04-2023 09:36 PM)Peter Klein Wrote:  Thanks for all the replies so far. Wow, you folks are a bunch of “enablers.” I like that. ;-)

We are a group who enjoy our codependencies!

Quote:I’ll probably sell off my 48s and 48G, and my original-display 33s. I never use them.

If they aren't giving you joy, then that's a good idea. I recently decided I really wanted one of the new 15/CE's (even though I own an original 15c in good/fair condition). But it was outside of my "random enjoyment" budget, and I'm also seriously fighting a war of decluttering (both my own stuff and that of my late pack-rat mom's). I identified several calculators that I just don't even touch anymore, and have been selling them piecemeal on TAS. The inflection point was being willing to sell my nearly-mint original HP-20s, because it was the first HP calculator I ever owned, and I'd bought it new. But it's an algebraic machine, and I'm now purely an RPN/RPL guy. So, while it had some nostalgic significance, the truth of the matter is that it was just sitting in a drawer. It, plus the other neglected units, are funding my shiny new 15/CE, which I've been enjoying immensely.

Quote:Speaking of nostalgia, I forgot to mention that I still have my original HP-25 (not C). The calculation part still works, but the RAM chips don’t. [...] And I just read about the Panamatik repair kit here. Hmmm. Do I want to go down that rabbit hole?

That's entirely up to you. Do you enjoy working with electronics? Or perhaps you just like to learn new things and fiddle around with stuff? Then absolutely dive right in! Personally I just love to use things I've saved from the scrap heap by expenditure of repair effort, or things I've customized so they suit my picky preferences!

However, if it seems like a time drain, or an energy drain, or the return-on-investment doesn't seem to be worth it, then just keep it as-is, or better yet, sell it. Give someone else the joy-of-fiddling!