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Updated: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #1 Posted by gene wright on 1 Sept 2011, 2:37 p.m.

CuteGeek.com

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Note: I know the story about the $$ in the filing cabinet applies to the original HP 35 back in 1972, which is what I told her. Oh well.

Note 2: Contacted author and she revised the link above. Yay!

Accounting Today

Edited: 2 Sept 2011, 10:32 a.m. after one or more responses were posted

      
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #2 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 1 Sept 2011, 3:30 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Interestingly the 12C, which has no pi key, displays 3.141592654.

            
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #3 Posted by Tim Wessman on 1 Sept 2011, 3:34 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Gerson W. Barbosa

Just love those photographers. Typing in the value of "pi" is why that image came out with a 3 on the end. Took a while to fix that. . .

Nobody could come up with something more meaningful, so they just had pi on both.

TW

                  
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #4 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 1 Sept 2011, 4:44 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Tim Wessman

Quote:
Nobody could come up with something more meaningful, so they just had pi on both.

e would have been a better choice for a financial calculator. It comes up in certain calculations (continuous compounding, for example) and is available on the keyboard of the 12c.

                        
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #5 Posted by Glenn Dowdy on 1 Sept 2011, 7:31 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Katie Wasserman

"hELL0" was also under consideration.

                              
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #6 Posted by Tim Wessman on 1 Sept 2011, 10:27 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Glenn Dowdy

What are you talking about Glenn? You were campaigning to put 5318008. . .

TW

                                    
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #7 Posted by Mark Hardman on 1 Sept 2011, 11:38 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Tim Wessman

BOOBIES?!?

                        
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #8 Posted by Tim Wessman on 1 Sept 2011, 10:27 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Katie Wasserman

Yup, should have thought of that.

I don't think I was consulted on the 12c image though. . . maybe I was. Too long ago.

TW

                              
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #9 Posted by Gene Wright on 1 Sept 2011, 10:42 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Tim Wessman

Eh, a large number of financial users would not recognize "e" either.

Only real alternative I thought of was 360 but that would not fill up the display.

Eh, PI just means we all have to have Valentin's tricky trig program in the 12c.

Speaking of which, I hope valentin sees the 15c LE release...

Valentin, where are you?

                                    
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #10 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 2 Sept 2011, 7:42 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Gene Wright

Or the tiny little PI program for the 12c: here.

      
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #11 Posted by Egan Ford on 1 Sept 2011, 6:23 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Quote:
Accounting Today
Accounting Today? Gene, you're a wild man!
            
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #12 Posted by Gene Wright on 2 Sept 2011, 10:33 a.m.,
in response to message #11 by Egan Ford

Wild Man? lol

At least Accounting Today was kind enough to give my math book a plug. That's always nice.

      
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #13 Posted by Egan Ford on 1 Sept 2011, 7:01 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/hp-makes-special-edition-of-30-year-old-12c-calculator/

            
Re: Some press articles about the new 30th anniversary 12c
Message #14 Posted by gene wright on 1 Sept 2011, 8:57 p.m.,
in response to message #13 by Egan Ford

I sent an email to Charlie, the author of that article, to let him know about the 15c LE. Maybe he will run another article.


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