Not just slightly ahead of its time. Message #1 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 13 Aug 2012, 10:38 p.m.
Hi all.
As the HP-35 was the first one to be a technological milestone in its own right, which other HP calcs were way beyond the technical expectations and standards of their day?
For me, I see the 41 because of its whole system architecture, the application module expandability as well the peripheral capabilities and, in addition, both its alphanumeric LCD display and programming potential.
The 15C wins my prize because of both its complex number and matrix functionality.
and, the 42S because it combines and expands on the two. Although the expandability is lacking, the full compliment of both the 41 and 15 plus the display/stack versatility to handle real, complex, alpha as well as (although element by element) its matrix handling, certainly earn my respect as the 42S is/was miles ahead of its time.
I could go on about the RPL lineage but, for starters, the 28S with its robust RPL implementation, certainly crowned that and HP as unprecedented progress ahead of its time.
What do you think?
Edited: 13 Aug 2012, 10:41 p.m.
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