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"Hello World?"
04-25-2016, 03:01 AM
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"Hello World?"
Sorry for the Subject line but I've been a programmer for a few years and it just seemed to fit.

My first exposure to HP products was some time back in the mid to late 60's when I used an HP Oscilloscope in an electronics shop I worked in. I've always wanted to buy one ever since but could never justify the expense. Sad

I purchased my first HP calculator some time around 1973 when I ordered an HP-45. No sooner did it come in than I sold it to a fellow student so I could get the new HP-65. I still own it and it works well except the card reader tends to skip a bit. I was in the process of getting my undergraduate degree and I'm firmly convinced that the HP-65 passed Calculus, not me.

Some time later, I upgraded to an HP-41CX which I still have. It's still in excellent condition except I have to keep buying batteries for it!

For years I used Windows machines because I knew enough about them to teach others and thus help subsidize my income but finally got so tired of Microsoft when they notified everyone that Windows XP would no longer be supported that I switched to Apple computers. Now I run RPN Apps on my iPad and iPhone. It's not near as much fun as discovering exactly what a new calculator can do though.

I retired the first time in the mid 80's but continued working with computers. Recently (well, recently for me anyway, the end of 2014) I decided that I needed a Windows computer after all for all those legacy Windows games I had, so I built my own Windows system primarily for gaming. It's not state of the art (who but the insanely rich can afford that!?) but it runs at a minimum of 4 GHz with a 512GB SSD boot drive and 32 GB high speed RAM. There are a few other bits and bobs to it but it at least keeps my game fix alive.

Hope this is enough to give a small insight into me as a person.

I love HP products because of their quality.
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"Hello World?" - ViningC - 04-25-2016 03:01 AM
RE: "Hello World?" - Namir - 04-25-2016, 10:03 AM
RE: "Hello World?" - Thomas Radtke - 04-25-2016, 10:39 AM
RE: "Hello World?" - ViningC - 04-25-2016, 09:31 PM
RE: "Hello World?" - d b - 04-25-2016, 10:09 PM
RE: "Hello World?" - Jake Schwartz - 04-26-2016, 07:10 PM
RE: "Hello World?" - ViningC - 04-28-2016, 10:58 PM
RE: "Hello World?" - Sylvain Cote - 04-29-2016, 12:47 AM



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