4-banger?

[Jeff O.]

(01-23-2014 06:28 PM)Scottie Wrote:  Jeff,

Ahh... 4-banger, referring to the four x ,y t, and z registers? So that's it. Thanks for the pointer to that, and it seems to me I've seen that thread before, too. I'm a bit slow...

Your 10bii reflash sounds kinda cool, too, but I think I'd miss that wide ENTER key. Picky, eh?

Further down the list, Paul Dale suggests that the 30b would be a good platform for this, and Eddie and Walter later adds responses based on the 30b, also.

Thanks!

Scott

I think 4-banger mostly refers to the original calculators from many, many years ago that could add, subtract, multiply and divide only. That seems unnecessarily simple, so the community adopted the term for a fairly simple scientific with a few good functions (transcendentals, mostly) without all the bells and whistles of even the 34s.

Not picky at all about the ENTER key, I'd like that too. The 30b would certainly be a good candidate, but it seems to be not long for this world, and a high percentage of those that are around do have keyboard issues. The 10bii+ is still in production (as far as I know), and has a very nice feeling keyboard. And the display is very legible, with nice big comma and points.