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HP 41 Emulator
Message #1 Posted by Rick on 1 May 2004, 6:31 a.m.

Is the 42S faster than a HP48SX with HP 41 Emulator? Thanks

      
Re: HP 41 Emulator
Message #2 Posted by Erik Ehrling (Sweden) on 1 May 2004, 4:43 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Rick

Hi Rick!

I have actually never used a HP-41 emulator on any HP-48 (neither the Zengrange emulator card nor the HP-41X), but the HP-42X emulator runs in equal speed to the real HP-42S on a HP-48SX, so I would guess that a HP-41 emulator would be roughly equal in speed to a HP-42S. (But then again the HP-42S also has a FAST mode, which is programmable on the rev A, that is double the standard speed).

All in all I think taste and what you are used to is more important than speed. There are a lot of people out there that regard the HP-15C as one of the better calculators ever made even though it is actually quite slow.

Best regards,
Erik Ehrling (Sweden)

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