David Fontaine wrote:
> 
> Blasphemy!

Then enlighten me !
(Tell me more about the TI-89 :)


> Sounds like the TI-89, but, according to my dad TI calculators are less
> well constructed.

When the HP-48 arrived several years ago there
simply were no competitioners. No other handheld
calculators at that time did even come close to 
what it could do.

But I haven't watched the evolving of other
calculators lately, so I'm not quite sure about 
the situation right now.


> I couldn't help but notice 6.1 in the FAQ though:
> http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/docs/faq/48faq-6.html#ss6.1

Yes, I have heard that noise from some other HP-48s,
BUT NOT FROM MINE !


One interesting thing is that someone announced
that in addition to programming in RPL and Assembly, 
it is now also possible to program it in C.

I think it also is possible to insert memory cards
into it with 1 MB or more with battery backed RAM.

And the HP-49 seems to have built in FLASH for its 
firmware.

Right now I'm investigating the possibility to use 
a terminal emulation program (VT52bis) running on my 
HP-48 to log into servers through my Siemens C35i 
mobile telephone (which has a built in ISDN/Analog 
modem.)


And the HP48's IR-port can even be used for remote 
control of TVs, HiFi equipment, etc.


Tor Olav
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