> On Mar 17, 2025, at 6:09 AM, newxito <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It still has the same number of nixies as the non-RPN version but an 
> additional horizontal neon for the exponent sign. By keeping the 14 nixies, 
> it was possible to maintain all the clock modes and implement a dynamic 
> exponent range. The keyboard has now 5 additional keys and the functionality 
> was extended from 15 to 33 operations.

This looks fantastic but I can't afford the tubes. OTOH, if my HP35s dies a 
replacement will cost a significant chunk of it.


> Switching to arbitrary-precision arithmetic was a failure. It worked but was 
> too slow for a few special cases of pow and non-integer factorials (gamma 
> approximation). I will give it another try, but for now I’m back to 64-bit 
> floating-point.

I don't need anything that sophisticated but whatever works.


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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