Re: HP 6S Message #7 Posted by Doug Pocius on 29 Nov 1999, 7:11 p.m., in response to message #3 by Buck Naked
I think the 6S models are aimed at elementary and middle-school students as a means of kicking their math and science skills into high gear at a low cost. I recently downloaded a .pdf document from an HP site entitled, "Keys to the Calculator", a resource for middle school teachers full of student exercises on real-world-type math problems ("But when am I ever gonna use this?"). I, too would have rather seen these machines done in RPN; I gave my daughter a 32SII when she started high school, and she quickly became hooked on RPN, and was able to calculate rings around classmates who were stuck with TI and Casio junk. Alas, she's decided to major in history. (Sigh.) Earth to Corvallis: are you listening? How about at least a config key to select ALG/RPN modes?
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