Re: Suspension losses

On 1/4/2025 7:28 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

 I'll look in my collection and see if I have an HP11C.  Offhand, I
don't think so.  There are some on eBay.  The one's that offer the
least risk and are likely to work are $75 and up.

No need to check. When that calculator got stolen, the guys running the company bought me a replacement. By then, the 11C was no longer marketed, so I ended up with an HP 32S II, one of the few RPN machines still in their line, IIRC.
The 11C seemed bulletproof, but this 32S is a bit flaky. Its the calculator I keep in my workshop drawer, so it's not used very often. But it seems that at least a third of the time I want to use it, it refuses to turn on. I've slipped a little note in its case with notes on the recovery procedure.
When it flakes out, I'll usually just pull out my Android phone and run the HP 48G emulator. My main complaint about that one is that it isn't really programmable - or at least, it doesn't retain programs when the app is killed.
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- Frank Krygowski