@jbw Someone is making an alternative to the various hp calculators they look identical but I believe the new ones have a way you can connect to them to upload or use a usb or something. So that is the only thing holding them back from being able to be used for the exams. They have one that mirrors the hp32s the 35s etc and others. Some type of memory all computer speak. Which after I left the govt I tried to dump all that from my veto make room for other things. I hope before I am done someone keeps the RPN function around. It’s funny when reading history. Hp has had several iterations of a hp35 like is used today. They even had a hp35 digital slide rule.
@GaryG that’s it I think . I think some people are trying to get them to make that without the added features so it can be used on the exams. They are basically the HP’s but have some extra functionality that are not approved by the NCEES board.
@OL Yea, when I took the Maryland test in 2003 I was exempt from fundamentals, took Principle and Practice, Maryland Law and Maryland Engineering and I could use the HP41cx. Later on when I applied for PA I had to back up and take Fundamentals and at by that time The only HP on the list of approved calculators was the HP 35s.
Once your used to the input structure its a great, tough calculator.
As far as the calculator "assuming" your input I would say there is an expectation that if you put in a number and execute a command such as DMS or DD you know what you input and know what you expect for output.
When I took the Maryland test in 2003 I was exempt from fundamentals, took Principle and Practice, Maryland Law and Maryland Engineering and I could use the HP41cx.
41 was on the verboten list by the time I took Maryland in 2006
