Re: Mystery calculator - not a calculator? Message #23 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 21 Sept 2009, 11:39 p.m., in response to message #22 by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr.
I have never used one of these but i'd guess that the INSERT, CLEAR & ERASE hot keys are to interact with things analogous to "descriptor" and "note" fields that could be appended to each record (point, reading, whatever). DELETE might erase the entire shot (reading, whatever). FIND could find and recall a reading (group of entries) by things like point number or a word in the descriptor. God only knows what a reading consists of for them, monitoring scientific experiments in near earth orbit. For me doing surveying it could be Point Number, Northing, Easting, Elevation, Descriptor and maybe a Note. In the warehouse environment that this is made for it could be widget #, shelf #, date, quantity, and a note on condition. Or not.
I just wish that that was a real enter key, but then i'd have to collect it.
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