Which BASIC pocket computers make the best calculators?

[Dave Britten]

The Voyage 200 and it's predecessor the TI-92+ are both extremely nice. The 89 would be nice if the keyboard layout and screen weren't so awful.

There are a couple of things that hold the Voyage 200 back a bit, but overall I really like it:

It's not as big as an HP 71B, but it's definitely not pocket-sized.

It has the best version of TI Basic, but you still have to define a local subroutine or function to replicate a simple GOSUB, and there's still no tracing or step-by-step debugging.

Simple terminal-style I/O via Disp and Input is a little rough looking, and Output is pixel-addressable rather than having fixed character cells. They no doubt had to do this because of the "pretty-print" output not conforming to a character grid. And it's at least a lot more than what the Prime offers.