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New HP-42S Replacement?
09-13-2017, 04:05 AM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement?
(09-12-2017 09:07 PM)Carsen Wrote:  Can somebody tell me what makes the HP 42s so fantastic? I have seen pictures of it but I never heard the pros and cons of it.

It's basically an HP-41, without the expansion ports, but with a lot more memory, it's faster, and it has all the HP-15C functionality as well (matrix operations, complex numbers, numerical root finder, numerical integrator), and named variables (not just numbered registers). It's a very well-rounded calculator.

The biggest "con" is the lack of I/O; apart from the keyboard and display, all it has in the I/O department is a one-way infrared printer interface. No bi-directional infrared like the HP-48 series, no serial port, no HP-IL. The only way to get programs into it is typing them.
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New HP-42S Replacement? - Joe Horn - 09-12-2017, 07:39 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-12-2017, 08:36 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - pier4r - 09-12-2017, 09:04 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Carsen - 09-12-2017, 09:07 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-12-2017, 09:15 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Luigi Vampa - 09-12-2017, 09:26 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Thomas Okken - 09-13-2017 04:05 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - aurelio - 09-21-2017, 07:36 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Brian Walsh - 09-23-2017, 04:29 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Thomas Okken - 09-23-2017, 04:34 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Luigi Vampa - 09-12-2017, 09:36 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-12-2017, 09:54 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Namir - 09-12-2017, 10:01 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Brian Walsh - 09-13-2017, 12:35 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Joe Horn - 09-13-2017, 02:17 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Paul Dale - 09-13-2017, 06:31 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Paul Dale - 09-13-2017, 07:41 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Paul Dale - 09-13-2017, 11:52 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - toml_12953 - 09-13-2017, 12:39 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - AlexFekken - 09-13-2017, 06:50 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Paul Dale - 09-13-2017, 07:17 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - RMollov - 09-13-2017, 10:26 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Gilles59 - 09-13-2017, 10:41 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Luigi Vampa - 09-13-2017, 08:21 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - David Hayden - 09-13-2017, 09:52 PM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Luigi Vampa - 09-16-2017, 08:53 PM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-17-2017, 12:26 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Thomas Okken - 09-17-2017, 01:26 AM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - BruceH - 09-26-2017, 11:31 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Thomas Okken - 09-27-2017, 01:29 AM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Werner - 09-20-2017, 01:40 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Joe Horn - 09-21-2017, 07:05 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - David Hayden - 09-21-2017, 04:36 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Luigi Vampa - 09-21-2017, 07:19 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-22-2017, 01:07 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - toml_12953 - 09-22-2017, 06:57 AM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - smp - 09-22-2017, 10:53 AM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-22-2017, 04:03 PM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - HP67 - 09-24-2017, 06:48 AM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - HP67 - 09-24-2017, 02:05 PM
RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - rprosperi - 09-24-2017, 02:30 PM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Jlouis - 09-24-2017, 04:05 PM
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RE: New HP-42S Replacement? - Hans S. - 09-25-2017, 04:33 PM
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