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TI introduces new calculator! Takes world by storm! HP quits business and asks forgiveness! Message #1 Posted by gene wright on 23 Mar 2011, 5:25 p.m. Here's the new item! :-) Just kidding. Thought I would mess with my friend Joerg. This is the Santron 400 from his site. Santron at Datamath.org And, yes, a bit early for an April fools joke. Edited: 23 Mar 2011, 5:39 p.m.

Re: TI introduces new calculator! Takes world by storm! HP quits business and asks forgiveness! Message #2 Posted by Namir on 23 Mar 2011, 5:51 p.m., in response to message #1 by gene wright Looks like Kadhafi's new make up ... so he can slip out easily out of Libya!!

Gene you are WRONG! Hewlett Packard was FIRST!!! Message #3 Posted by Joerg Woerner on 23 Mar 2011, 8:29 p.m., in response to message #1 by gene wright Gene, You are wrong - and I'm not kidding. The Datamath Calculator Museum is a serious business and we recently reverse engineered the successor of the HP 41C. After removing no less than 10 (typical HP quality!) screws from the calculator and dismantling it completely I was shocked! The mold of the calculator frame had a SMILEY embedded: So what? Cheers, Joerg Edited: 23 Mar 2011, 8:30 p.m.

Re: Gene you are WRONG! Hewlett Packard was FIRST!!! Message #4 Posted by John B. Smitherman on 23 Mar 2011, 8:58 p.m., in response to message #3 by Joerg Woerner What?! There's no double-wide Enter key. Is it RPN or RPL? How deep is the stack? Does it support IR, SD, serial or USB? Is it LED or LCD? ;-) Remember, a smile is an upside down frown. Regards, John

Re: Gene you are WRONG! Hewlett Packard was FIRST!!! Message #5 Posted by gene wright on 23 Mar 2011, 9:56 p.m., in response to message #3 by Joerg Woerner Shock! :-) Joerg, you are a good sport! We now have a mutual calculator friend... Scott, whose father lives near you.

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