FW: Re: FORTH

[Dan Barker]

Reminds me of my first, professional, programming job. The Motorcycle dealer
where I worked had an HP-?? (I forget which, but it had a magnetic strip
reader for programming) and I managed to fit a Payroll Tax Calculation
system on one card. Long after I quit that job, I'd get the calculator and
the new tax rate tables in the mail with a check every year, and reprogram
the new tables.

Many waters under that bridge<G>.

Probably we are talking about 1976 or so.

Yes, performing calculation on a non-RPN calculator is still very difficult.
I can't imagine why RPN isn't standard - It's so intuitive. My dad bought an
HP-35 ($395 in the early 1970's) and I've been an RPN kinda guy ever since.

Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456

<snip>
My boss here was looking for a good RPN calculator and figured he might find
that one on eBay cheap.
</snip>

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[Mark Bayern-2]

If the strip reader was built in you had the HP-65.  Later the HP-41
(31?) series had a strip reader as and optional plug on unit.  I used
the HP-IL to RS232 converter with my HP41.

Mark


On 4/18/05, Dan Barker <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Reminds me of my first, professional, programming job. The Motorcycle dealer
> where I worked had an HP-?? (I forget which, but it had a magnetic strip
> reader for programming) and I managed to fit a Payroll Tax Calculation
> system on one card. Long after I quit that job, I'd get the calculator and
> the new tax rate tables in the mail with a check every year, and reprogram
> the new tables.
>
> Many waters under that bridge<G>.
>
> Probably we are talking about 1976 or so.
>
> Yes, performing calculation on a non-RPN calculator is still very difficult.
> I can't imagine why RPN isn't standard - It's so intuitive. My dad bought an
> HP-35 ($395 in the early 1970's) and I've been an RPN kinda guy ever since.
>
> Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
>
> <snip>
> My boss here was looking for a good RPN calculator and figured he might find
> that one on eBay cheap.
> </snip>
>
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