I'm in love

[richmit]

(01-29-2024 11:21 AM)dm319 Wrote:  It's funny, but one thing I noticed when I tried some fun with TVM calculations was that there was a directness to using the HP-12c, exactly what johnh says above. It makes it a real pleasure to use and highly optimised for doing the kind of calculations you'd use a calculator for.

I'm not sure exactly what factors give this feeling - but the distance of the screen from the numeric pad is very short on the voyager calculators. And the screen is high contrast, large figures and very clear (not dot matrix!). As you are entering in numbers, you can see the clear LCD screen updating very close to where your eyes are focusing on, and I wonder if that is partly what makes it so satisfying to use.

Yes. Something about the Voyagers (I have the 12c, 16c, and 15ce) is very satisfying. Using them just makes me happy.

Part of it is the exquisite design. Someone very smart thought so very hard about precisely what capabilities to include, and how to make everything work together. On such limited hardware too.