Agreed! Anyone can use an RPN calculator and you don't need to be a member of a funny handshake club to do so. In fact, I believe RPN is more intuitive to use....
Steve Rooke
sar10538@...
Nov 10, 2009 12:43 pm
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Recently presented with an iPod Touch, and not being much of a music fan, I wondered what I could do with it. But its chameleon characteristics are proving it...
Is RPN easier to use than algebraic? Yes- but, no. It depends on which way you learned. RPN is easier than algebraic- for an RPN user. I can use both, but, I...
First and foremost, I am only getting half the listings I was a week ago. I am seeing a 'mere' 473 listings in the slide rule category compared to over a...
Juergen Nestler asked me to assist him in selling what is left of the NOS factory stock of Nestler slide rules (made 1972 or before), so I have put up a web...
Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered one of the commerce rules. Although rather plain and simple, it folds at 360, which none of my current commerce rules...
... I used algebraic calculators for 10 years, then switched to RPN which I've been using for 25 years now. After a week of RPN, I'd never go back to an...
In high school in the 70s, a quadriplegic friend was given an HP-35 by the State of Michigan. This was my introduction to calculators, and I'm pleased to say...
Dear Korny: I think that you are misunderstanding the term 'algebraic notation' (as if it is 'opposite' to RPN and better for algebra). For doing/solving basic...
... Shall we tell our hero, with "100% positive feedback for over 10 years!" and a feedback score of 122, that the N4 is an electrical rule, not "Pickett...
Must be the very sliderule of Gimli the Dwarf, from "The Lord of the Rings"!! Tolkien's Dwarves were renowned builders and craftsmen, so it stands to reason...
Yes. It's for measuring distances using similar triangles, based on the upper & lower crosshairs in the transit/theodolite, the numbers on the rod, and the...
What is interesting is that many people protest RPN but use "business" calculators which have some unusual properties. The addition and subtraction functions...
Hello Bill, you find an introduction to the use of the Nestler 27 in an article by Ed Chamberlain. Go to: http://sliderules.lovett.com/extendedlitsearch.html ...
RPN calculators do have some advantages over *algebraic* calculators. Nevetheless it is not the paneacea. The HP-35S (I also bought it 2 or 3 months age), when...
I've always found RPN easier myself, but I have to disagree with someone else about slide rules - a slide rule is neither infix (algebraic) nor postfix (RPN),...
Thanks, it seems a little bit complicated for me. (Taking care of the tally (number of digits, the portion of stator/slider and calculation per se at the same...
Absolutely! It's polish notation, PN, IE. multiply(9, 7), as opposed to RPN, IE. (9, 7)multiply. You need to know what function is being performed first so...
Steve Rooke
sar10538@...
11:55 am
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Of course, it gets easier with practice. I started using this because doing the mental approximation to place the decimal point seems difficult to me. To...
Very true. In fact the oldest (and still on the market) and best selling biz calculator is history is the HP-12C. It is completely RPN. I am a dyed-in-the-wool...
... I think it only exists in the virtual world (and perhaps in Middle Earth). I don't think the rule pictured on that site ever existed in physical form. The...
This can be done with the % key on Casio/CANON/Sharp Calculators. They all gave the answer immediately. (Though they may be different). I know what you mean as...
Thanks to Stefan Vorkoetter for confirming my "suspicions". Of course, I was being facetious in asking how to obtain an actual Birkana. (The smiley face...
Jon, In my experience, the number of "slide rules" differs by how I approach eBay. Often, I input the search term "slide rules" and get a list that is ...
The first or very early Casios did not compute the % value correctly! This was such an annoyance to me that I threw my first one in the trash. marion...
Sorry, I may not agree with you. If multiplication first, I set the mulitplicand on D, then align multiplier on CI for multiplication...this absolutely avoid...
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