Steve ..They made their way DU !
I reckon I had a 37 when I started on own in '78, before later purchasing a 41c. Wrote my own traverse, with coordinates, misclosure , missing B and D , Area, bearing / bearing intersection.Made me a lot of dollars. Recollect program would every now and then go walkabout, so would be required to punch in code.
Casting mind back to early 70's first HP would require entering program first as now memory when turned of power.
Memories !
RADU
hp41 is great. I still have a working hp41cx. In my opinion, the evolution of hp calculators after the hp41 is a perfect example of how they screw up softwares in general these days. Instead of letting newer technology improve the speed and precision of what already works well, they have to make them more complicated to hog the memory of what is available.
It's like having a copy of Clarks in your book rack. The old trusty standby.
I even have the desktop emulator I think I downloaded from the previous site link.
It works perfectly.
I have a 35S now too, but it still stays at home. I like it because I'm an RPN addict, but the keys are all arranged differently than the 41's. Same functions, but in different places than I'm used to.
"The" calculator !!!
of the 80s!
I was a computer programmer before the PC hit the desktop, Thanks HP!
Those were the days!
Wendell
Any good programs for it yet?
Wendell
Not that I have seen. 🙁
Wendell
I still use my 41C with Quad Memory, Extended function Module, Dual Extended Memory, Time Module, and Survey Module.
I am an RPN addict as well. I use the 35s and before that it was the 33.
I don't understand the aversion to adding and subtracting angles on the 48. But I hate the rectangular-polar conversion on the 48. Most of the other hp's don't have any hms+/hms- capabilities.
I still have an hp48sx and like it the next-best to the hp41.
