Is 50g good or crap?

[Wes Loewer]

(04-30-2023 10:53 PM)Joe Horn Wrote:  The 50g has, by far, the most customizable keyboard of any programmable HP calculator. Not only can any function or program or system operation can be assigned to any key, but every key supports eleven separate assignments. This lets the user turn their 50g into whatever customized tool they need. No other model comes close regarding customizability, including Prime.

My main 50g currently has 89 key assignments, all of which I use. Prime can't do that.

And with the KeyMan library, it's a LOT more than 11 by adding double-click, long hold, and different behavior depending on whether or not you are editing.

This is something I truly miss. The Prime has the ability to reassign a key of sorts, but the Prime's USER key cannot actually run a program directly. It can only echo text to the command line.

In the same vein is the 50g's customizable menu. With all those blank menu buttons on the Prime, they are just begging to be utilized with customizable menus.

The combination of customizable keys, customizable menus, and RPL made the 50g exceedingly efficient.