Most common calculators in the forum?
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11-29-2017, 07:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2017 07:37 PM by Maximilian Hohmann.)
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RE: Most common calculators in the forum?
Hello!
I really don't know where to start... as I don't even know how many calculators I own. My database program (AppleWorks - an antique in it's own right) gave up on the 795th entry some years ago and I have not had the time and will to transfer my database to a different program (FileMaker Pro, already installed on my computer for years but so far unused). The number must be close to 1000 now. My collection - which is a rather small one compared to some others around here - has many HP calculators (around 100, some of them double or triple) but many more non-HP ones obviously. I am especially happy to own all 300-series Compucorp/Monroe calculators, something which I am not ever going to achieve with HP, because I simply can not afford to buy the ones I am still missing. Or don't want to as I dislike grey liquid crystal displays very much and therefore never will pay the present asking price for something like an HP42S (one of the HP's I do not have). My extreme dislike for RPL does not want me to spend hard earned money on the missing specimens either (so far, I think, I have (one or more) of HP28C 28S 48SX 48GX and 50 - each of which I quickly powered up so I could tick the box: "working" in my database and thereafter removed the batteries with no intention to ever put them back in again). My favorite Hp calculators (to generate some entries for the poll above) are the HP25, 19, 67, 97 and 71B (the only LCD model I like). My favorite non HP calculators are the Ti59, Ti Voyage 200/Ti89 and the Aristo M27, the cutest calculator ever made apart from the HP Woodstocks. I do not own a Prime (yet) or any of the Swissmicros. Regards Max |
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11-29-2017, 07:55 PM
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RE: Most common calculators in the forum?
(11-29-2017 07:31 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote: [...] My database program (AppleWorks - an antique in it's own right) gave up on the 795th entry some years ago and I have not had the time and will to transfer my database to a different program (FileMaker Pro, already installed on my computer for years but so far unused). The number must be close to 1000 now. *head explodes* |
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11-29-2017, 08:07 PM
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RE: Most common calculators in the forum?
I will make a list, but my collection includes almost all handheld calculators/computers, modules, accessories, books, manuals, pamphlets, peripherals, etc. the HP calculator division has ever produced (including most variations, like HP-35v2, HP-35v3 & HP-35v4 and in multiple quantity)
Sylvain |
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11-29-2017, 08:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2018 10:21 PM by brickviking.)
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You asked about calculators I have in my stable, so here goes:
And don't beef that the percentages don't add up to 100%, I'm not all there. EDIT: swapped around the TL for the MS, now the MS gets the share the TL had. (Post 135) Regards, BrickViking HP-50g |Casio fx-9750G+ |Casio fx-9750GII (SH4a) |
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11-29-2017, 09:50 PM
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Hp
1 x 41C 1 x 16C 1 x 35s 1 x 50g Not Hp SwissMicros (almost HP?) 1 x DM41 1 x DM42 Beta Various emulators |
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11-29-2017, 10:36 PM
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Just an amateur:
HP 67 HP 35S HP Prime rev A HP Prime rev C DM 15 DM 15L DM 41L And since the question did not specificy the incarnation type: Free42 (on all 4 Android devices) |
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11-29-2017, 10:43 PM
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Updated the first post with what I could extract from the replies (if I made errors, please tell me).
Now something fishy is going on. 19 x 48G/GX/S/SX/G+ ... ok 18 x 50g ... ok (pfft, the 48 has more numbers because there are different models and it is older) 10 x Prime ... Hmm? What is going on? 20 x 41 C/CX/CL/CV ... so, that is new for me. I may have missed it completely (I see the 41 topics but I don't read them much). How come that the 41 is so loved? Should I consider a 41 from swissmicro (since the original, I guess, are super expensive and rare)? Wikis are great, Contribute :) |
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11-29-2017, 10:44 PM
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(11-29-2017 10:36 PM)AlexFekken Wrote: And since the question did not specificy the incarnation type: While reporting is not bad (I have free42 on 2 android devices, and the prime on 1 windows and 3 android), I in fact specified: No applications, emulators, and what not, real working calculators only. Wikis are great, Contribute :) |
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11-29-2017, 10:51 PM
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11-29-2017, 10:53 PM
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11-29-2017, 10:55 PM
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(11-29-2017 10:43 PM)pier4r Wrote: I may have missed it completely (I see the 41 topics but I don't read them much). How come that the 41 is so loved? Should I consider a 41 from swissmicro (since the original, I guess, are super expensive and rare)? I'm not surprised to see the 41 high in the popularity ranking. When it was introduced in 1979, it instantly made all previous programmable calculators obsolete. The HP/TI rivalry ended in an instant and never really returned. And finally, by the time the 41 was superseded by the RPL calculators, PCs had become so cheap that they destroyed the largest market segment for programmable calculators, namely, people who needed something programmable but couldn't afford a computer. That's how I remember it, anyway. Even though the 48 series were incredibly impressive machines, they never generated the kind of excitement that the 41 had. |
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11-29-2017, 10:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2017 11:12 PM by Dave Frederickson.)
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The 20S and 20B aren't even in the same family. These should be split.
Likewise, a 95 and a 95LX, not even close. 41CL, not HP. 15C Platinum??? |
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11-29-2017, 11:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2017 11:10 PM by pier4r.)
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(11-29-2017 10:55 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote: The 20S and 20B aren't even in the same family. These should be split. Thanks (see how poor am I)? I will do it at the next big update. In the meanwhile, where is your list? Wikis are great, Contribute :) |
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11-29-2017, 11:46 PM
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(11-29-2017 10:55 PM)Thomas Okken Wrote:You got it right Thomas.(11-29-2017 10:43 PM)pier4r Wrote: I may have missed it completely (I see the 41 topics but I don't read them much). How come that the 41 is so loved? Should I consider a 41 from swissmicro (since the original, I guess, are super expensive and rare)? The things that set apart the HP-41 was that is was a system, like Richard Nelson love to say. You could add modules, peripherals, etc. You could used it as a calculator, as a controller of electronic equipments, as a data collector in a surveying environment, etc. It was a small instant on computer in a form of a calculator that you could customize it (software & hardware) on the fly to fit your need. I have more than 25 x HP-41C/CV/CX/CL in my collection, including 6 x 41CL and 2 x 41CX halfnut that I still use everyday. Sylvain |
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11-30-2017, 12:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2017 12:27 AM by lemontea.)
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RE: Most common calculators in the forum?
There is a difference between what one owns and what one uses on a regular basis.
I have 2 x 11C 2 x 15C LE 1 x DM16L 3 x 48G 2 x 50g 2 x 49g+ 1 x Prime 1 x 12C I only use the physical 15C LE on a regular basis, sometimes a 48G. On iPhone I use Free42 (thanks Thomas!). On iPad I use HP 15C (mainly because Free42 doesn't do landscape orientation; wink) The DM42 will be the regular calculator WHEN I CAN GET ONE... |
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11-30-2017, 02:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2017 02:21 AM by ls41028.)
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RE: Most common calculators in the forum?
Just the ones that are currently operational:
1x35 2x45 1x55 2x65 1x67 1x97 1x25c 1x34c 2x11c 1x15c 2x41c 1x32s 1x32sii 1x42s 1x35s 1xprime I'm sure I've forgotten some Edit: I did forget some: 2x48gx |
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11-30-2017, 03:00 AM
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HP
32S 32SII x 2 35S 41CX x 3 41CV x 2 (1 to become 41CL this weekend hopefully) 41C x 1(Not working) 42S x 2 48S 50g x 3 (One running newRPL) Prime x 1 WP34S x 2 (Both 30B hardware) NP-25 SwissMicros DM16C DM42 Beta TI 36X Pro 84+SE 84+CE 89 Titanium nSpire (+ 84 Keypad) nSpire CX CAS Casio fx-9750GII (Running 9860 firmware) Sharp EL 5020 |
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11-30-2017, 03:38 AM
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(11-29-2017 11:10 PM)pier4r Wrote: In the meanwhile, where is your list? Who cares? I believe you've figured out that the 41 is the most popular HP calculator and that it's neither rare nor expensive on eBay. Also, that the 50g and Prime aren't as popular as you thought they'd be because this is a vintage HP calculator website targeted at HP calculators introduced between 1968 and 1986. It could be argued that the 12C is the most popular HP calculator as it's been in production for over 30 years, but that's because of the business community and most of us have technical backgrounds and favor the scientific models. |
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11-30-2017, 04:05 AM
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As a young man born in the 90's, my collection consists of only modern models (so far..heh).
I am currently hunting out the HP 48GX because of my liking to RPL. I also hunting for a HP-15C as I find the Voyager series extremely ingenious and fascinating. I'll have to try a HP 41CV and a HP 42s on a emulator somehow. I hear high praises about these two units and I want to see for myself. |
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11-30-2017, 04:36 AM
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(11-30-2017 04:05 AM)Carsen Wrote: As a young man born in the 90's, my collection consists of only modern models (so far..heh). Hey young man, whatever you do, don't buy one of those DM42s coming out, and let us old guys get a chance first! LOL |
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