FW: Re: [Elecraft] FORTH

[Mark Bayern]

If the strip reader was built in you had the HP-65.  Later the HP-41
(31?) series had a strip reader as and optional plug on unit.  I used
the HP-IL to RS232 converter with my HP41.

Mark


On 4/18/05, Dan Barker <dbarker at visioncomm.net> wrote:
> Reminds me of my first, professional, programming job. The Motorcycle dealer
> where I worked had an HP-?? (I forget which, but it had a magnetic strip
> reader for programming) and I managed to fit a Payroll Tax Calculation
> system on one card. Long after I quit that job, I'd get the calculator and
> the new tax rate tables in the mail with a check every year, and reprogram
> the new tables.
> 
> Many waters under that bridge<G>.
> 
> Probably we are talking about 1976 or so.
> 
> Yes, performing calculation on a non-RPN calculator is still very difficult.
> I can't imagine why RPN isn't standard - It's so intuitive. My dad bought an
> HP-35 ($395 in the early 1970's) and I've been an RPN kinda guy ever since.
> 
> Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
> 
> <snip>
> My boss here was looking for a good RPN calculator and figured he might find
> that one on eBay cheap.
> </snip>
> 
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