October 17, 20223 yr HP and their RPN syntax...totally forgot that that ever existed. Cool pics everyone, thanks for sharing. None of my old calculators survived being old enough to hang on to. CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
October 17, 20223 yr My first "computer" was a Ti-58 🙂 The HPs were great, but used that awkward RPN 😕 Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
October 17, 20223 yr 17 minutes ago, jcomm said: My first "computer" was a Ti-58 🙂 Same for me, followed by a Sinclair ZX80 Jean-Jacques Jean-Jacques Struyf between EBBR and EBCI
October 17, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, birdguy said: Have you ever used a circular slide rule? They fit into a shirt pocket better than a linear slide rule. I've used both until calculators became available. How about an E6B? It's a circular slide rule of sorts. Just for a different purpose. Noel One of these ?
October 17, 20223 yr Author Yep Sue, that's it. I used it many times during my flight instruction and my first cross country solos. That plus a chart on my lap where I had circled landmarks to look for along my course. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
October 17, 20223 yr 7 hours ago, jcomm said: The HPs were great, but used that awkward RPN Which is quite addictive, once you get used to it... still use the HP12C to do my taxes, every year.. 🙂 Bert
October 17, 20223 yr 57 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said: Which is quite addictive, once you get used to it... still use the HP12C to do my taxes, every year.. 🙂 That's why you feel at ease with even a Trimble 2000 aviation GPS 🤣 Edited October 17, 20223 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
October 17, 20223 yr Author I'm so used to RPN I have to think a while when using the conventional calculator in my glove compartment to calculate mileage when I buy gasoline. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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