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- From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
- Subject: Nifty calculator, cheap...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.184532.22659@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:45:32 GMT
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- I just came across a very nifty little calculator, and for what you get,
- it's very cheap. The Casio fx-6300G sells for $39 retail at a local
- office supple place (Radio Shack sells the same model under their
- own name for around $50). No, it's not even in the same league
- as things like the HP-48: But, having got that out of the way, it's very nice...
-
- It has all the usual scientific functions, an alpha-numeric display
- (one line, 12 characters), 400 step keystroke programming
- with with full editing, 10 separate program areas, full 1 and 2 variable
- stats with linear, log, and power regression, and it draws little
- tiny graphs! Functions, stat bargraphs, scatter graphs, line
- fits, etc., with zoom and pan to boot. Also Base-n conversions
- between decimal, binary, hex, and octal, with and, or, not, xor,
- type stuff. Lots of nice little things like fraction arithmatic,
- HMS conversions, quite complete branching instructions in
- programming, random number generator, etc. The case, keys,
- etc. are not up to HP standards, but they're not bad, either. The
- keys are actual plastic keys, not one of those rubbery membrane
- things. Logic is full algebraic, with the operator preceeding the
- operand: to take the sine of 45 degrees, you enter SIN 45, then
- press the EXE key; there's no = key. All in all a very capable
- little calc for the money.
-
- Just thought folks might like a break from the discussion of the
- HP-48sx.
-
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- * These are my opinions only.*
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