The Rogue HP-12c

[HPing]

The blog post was a great read! dm319 will have a tough time topping that one.

Over time, the 12c's reliable, repeatable results became its leading feature IMHO. It was great for immediate calculations, price quotes, and as a sanity check for black box models.

The 12c's functionality, form factor, build quality, and nostalgia are great too, but became second-order features.

My buddy designed and maintained super computers (including a globally ranked system). We were discussing reliability and I asked him about the 12c. He told me that all electronics eventually glitch over the (very) long-term. That is a different issue than addressed in the blog.