Looks cool, I'll have to download it. (Now I may finally have a reason to get a Palm).
Henk Terhell wrote: > Having no longer a programmable HP calculator, I use the emulator for > windows, see > http://www.hp41.org/Emulation.cfm > > No wear out - and great fun if you are used to calculate in HP mode. > > Henk > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of P. J. Alling >> Sent: 22 May, 2007 5:42 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... >> >> >> Electronics wear out just like anything else. Cycling it on and off >> creates heat stress in connections at the very least. Mechanical >> switches are a week point they wear out from physical >> movement, seals at >> those points wear as well, and replacement parts after 30 >> years will be >> made out of Unobtainium . Even if the electronics survive, batteries >> can be a problem. I have a small collection of HP >> calculators that are >> at least 30 years old that would work perfectly except that >> batteries in >> the proper form factor are no longer manufactured. I recycled the >> plastic shells until they could no longer be re-assembled. >> After that >> it was easier to just buy a crappy new calculator. (Luckily when my >> original HP 42s crapped out, (keyboard failed), the >> replacement HP sent >> me used S76 cells, instead of the original PX13s...) >> >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
