App, or Pocket calculator?
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
If I'm away from my desktop I use RealCalc on my phone. At my desktop I use the Ubuntu calculator program.
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
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Have a look at SpeedCrunch.[^].
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
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~5 years ago the solar cells on my trusty old TI-?? died... :sigh: Since then it's been Windows Calculator. Seemed odd for a couple weeks but like all things, it's now the new normal and frankly saves a bit of desk space. :thumbsup:
A few years ago my original Casio died. It has a plastic flip open case, with standard push button calculator on one side and a full set of membrane function keys on the other side. The plastic hinge gave up. I picked up a replacement on EBay for just a few bucks. This kind of points to nostalgia as my motive for continuing to use it.
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If I am already sitting at the PC... I use windows calc. If not... I try to use my head. If I am too tired or I don't feel like it, then I use phone App.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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My Casio fx-5000F rides around in my laptop case. I bought it for a college class (possibly VAX MACRO 11 assembly) in 1989, the instructor said we'd need to convert between decimal and hex. But lately I just use the Windows calculator.
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I keep an Excel workbook open to do quick calculations which lets me put notes with it and save for later reference. I haven't used a hand-held calculator in > 20 years! :laugh:
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For simple things I may just type it into an open SQL file in SSMS.
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
I hear you. My 80's Radio Shack Programmer's Calculator includes a stopwatch and a lap counter; faster than adding timing code for gauging response times.
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I frequently pull out my cell phone for this purpose. I have a RPN calculator on it. I also use the Windows calculator if I'm at my laptop.
Found an emulator for my old HP 41CX on it. Still have the CX (batteries out, of course), but only use the phone anymore.
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I go for the calculator (rather than phone) for ease of use. By the time I get my phone awake, PIN entered, or biometric scan, and swipe to an App; my Casio has already found the hex for 1048658.
The number you really want is
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I frequently pull out my cell phone for this purpose. I have a RPN calculator on it. I also use the Windows calculator if I'm at my laptop.
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How far back in history do you have to go to find anyone under 30 who knows what is meant by "RPN"?
Would have said me, but, well, I'm not under 30...
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
If my dear old HP48SX didn't have a buggered screen, I'd use that. Now, I use PCalc on my phone. All hail RPN.
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
I know what you mean, I keep a Casio fx?? in my case and use it when doing Resistance calculations, frequency / lenght of antenna calcs, I tend use Excel when capacitance needs to be calculated due to very large and very small numbers needed. I suppose it comes from Exams when you were only allowed a calculator. The new Casio's employ a method of Visually Perfect Maths, doing it in the right order. Just seems wrong, found the last few FX992's that I had at Uni (before it got lost in celebrations of the last Control exam was over) available at Maplin (I miss them) on clearance. :laugh:
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
And how often do you need to do a decimal to hex conversion these days?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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It feels like a David vs Goliath thing. In the midst of all the horsepower at my workstation (PC, MacBook Pro, cell phone, tablet) I still reach for my 1980's vintage solar powered Casio Fx-411 for a quick calculation or decimal/hex conversion. Each time, a small part of me is wants to fire up a spreadsheet, desktop program, or mobile device app. But before I can make that call, my Casio has completed the job and gone back to its parking spot. It could be nostalgia leading me to my Casio, or it may be as simple as the right tool for the job. Anyone else have the same little mental battle when you reach for the good old calculator?
I have Microsoft Calculator on my taskbar. It is perfect for smaller calculations. For larger, more involved tasks I use a Canon MP11DX which allows me to print a paper tape, so I can check what I have done, in case I "Fat-Fingered" something, or lose my place. I would say use what you are most comfortable with. :)
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Have a look at SpeedCrunch.[^].
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
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And how often do you need to do a decimal to hex conversion these days?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
Frequently. Or binary/hex conversion. Last week I needed to double-check that I had the correct hex values for decoding UTF-8 characters.
