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Date: 23 Mar 2024 19:44:34 GMT
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On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:26:33 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Then I got a no-name scientific calculator. Then a Sinclair calculator
> kit.
> Later a fancy TI with gold trim and lettering.  Then an HP-32.

I never had a TI but I still have a HP-16C. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-16C

That was fun to leave lying around in hex mode. If the RPN didn't get 
somebody trying to figure out how much everyone should kick in for the 
pizza order the hex math did.