dfox wrote: >>Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first piece of code on ... >>the HP-45 RPM programmable Calculator. (more fun than the mainframe... > > > memories :) > > My first programming was done on a TI 59 calculator. It's actually a > good approach, particularly when later on learning assembler level > programming both on mainframes and TRS 80s. It's a lot like > machine language - except for the most part the instructions do > more. It's more that way on the HP than on the TIs because the > HPs use RPN. > > I still have an HP (model 16C) not as powerful as the 59, but my > 59 died years ago :(. Interesting thing about calculators - the > newer ones are so much more powerful. My brother for instance > got a TI-82 or soemthing recently as part of a class requirement. He's > not that strong in math, but that thing can do nearly everything - > I mean it's like having Mathematica in a handheld... :) >
O sure! if you know how to ask the question that is. ;) Mark
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