Re: The good old days (was Re: textbook prices)

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

My 15C is in the bag on the floor with some papers that I am 
grading...but you can't have it :-).

Not to get into the esthetics of calculators, but no other calculator 
keys have the crisp feel of the HP-35.  The 15C approaches it, and the 
TI's feel like mush...and die after a few years of heavy use.

cheers

joe

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, John 
Mallinckrodt wrote:

> Mine as well.  It sits on my second desk at home and is my third favorite
> calculator behind my 11C and my 15C.  (BTW, does anyone know where I can
> get some more 11C's or 15C's?  Best calculators ever made.  Period.)
>
> John
>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Joseph Bellina wrote:
>
> > If you bought the same one I did...HP 35..with the whole board replaced 
> > when sin (20.02) was wrong!...it was a good deal, mine still works as 
> > well as it did when I bought it...can't say that for the VW bug.
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
> > > And I bought a calculator that could multiply and divide, take powers and
> > > logs, do trig functions, and even had a place to store one number in 1972
> > > for $399.  A full $2000 less than that VW.
>
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