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1. bjornj+l6[view] [source] 2019-11-26 15:58:11
>>lewisf+(OP)
Not related to the monopoly stuff but I like HP calculators best! For college I used an HP 35S—it’s a programmable scientific calculator and fun to program because it uses RPN stacks for calculations and storing results.
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2. ghaff+F7[view] [source] 2019-11-26 16:06:14
>>bjornj+l6
I always preferred the RPN HPs. I used an HP-55 through most of college. (I started with an early TI scientific calculator; I began university just as calculator prices were really dropping and discontinued HP models only became relatively affordable a little later.) Then I had a variety of other HPs over the years including an HP-41CV with a Financial Pac.

Unfortunately, the modern "HP" calculators are not as well made or have as good a keyboard feel.

(I actually didn't have a calculator until college.)

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