> On Jan 2, 2020, at 12:09 PM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > > I still have my $10 APF scientific calculator from 1976 which got me thru > high school, college, and did my taxes on it for a few years thereafter. > > The VFD display is still working nicely. Not programmable.
Our first calculator had a VFD and did square roots for some odd reason. No idea where it is now. At this point I'm using an HP 35s. WAY more functions than I need but at least I've finally reached the point where RPN just seems natural. It's also quicker than the algebraic method which helps my brain a bit. I used FORTH for a while and found the stack-based approach very intuitive. I daresay I was actually pretty good at keeping it all straight in my mind but that was many years ago on an Apple ][+. Terry Bowman, KA4HJH "The Mac Doctor” "Never install version point-zero of anything" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/17EE1060-7539-4909-AD7E-D9FE5B9B8BB5%40gmail.com.
