So, I bought a 41CV

[Maximilian Hohmann]

(01-20-2018 07:49 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  It certainly is.

Probably wrote this already a dozen times or so, but what's this obsession with the speed of a pocket calculator? With all "normal" calculations, i.e. everything you can invoke from your keyboard, all three mentioned calculators (15,41,41C) will give you instant response. Not like those wonderful mid-70ies glow-in-the-dark calculators which could take a second or more to come up with a sine.

And for everything where speed is a factor (like computing possible collisions of near-eatth-objects with the earth) a pocket calculator is the wrong tool to use.

Personally when I got my first HP-41 I instantly admired the "clean", or better uncluttered, keyboard with a single shift key. But when I found out that one needs to key "XEQ ALPHA followed by some hard-to-remember-three-letter-abbreviation" to invoke all the functions not visible on the keyboard I instantly valued the 3-shift-keys HP-67 a lot higher than before! But on the HP-41 you have "USER" mode where you can assign your most often needed functions to keys of your choice which helps a lot.

Enjoy your new toy!
Max