Fred: I’m still using a HP-41 and I still have a functional HP-45 (works off the power supply). RPN works for me…
FWIW, if you have an Apple iPhone, you can also get an app that provides a full emulation of the HP-41. It works very well with the look and feel of the HP-41 and it allows me to have a “HP-41" with me all the time. The app is named “i41CX-RPN Calculator” from AL Software. There is also a version that has a printer function as well. Check the Apple Store or the developer’s website (http://alsoftiphone.com) for more information if interested… 73, Barry Baines WD4ASW > On Aug 3, 2015, at 10:48 PM, k6dgw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > While nowhere near the saddest day in my life, when I realized the keypad on > my HP41X was terminal, and there was no way to replace it,I sprang for an HP > 48GX,. While it's RPN, only Calc I can use anymore, I ve never really > understood it. > That 41 was perfect, usable even if you didn't have the book with you. Sort > of like a K3. > 73, > Fred K6DGW Sparks NV > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jim Brown <[email protected]> > Date: 08/03/2015 14:48 (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a > K3/K3S purchase? > > On Mon,8/3/2015 2:22 PM, Marc Veeneman wrote: >> But I spent the past 40 years working with computers and I don't want one >> in my shack. > > Hi David, > It was my second programmable > computer -- my first, about four years earlier, was an HP41. > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
