50g

im  a 50g  owner  and  recently  purchased  a  35s
through  amazon.com
"i  also  ordered  a  real full  sized   users  manual  through ebay   since  hp   is out  "permanently"
of  free    users  manuals.
a  fre   bidirectional polar  to  rectangular  algorythm
was  emailed  to  me from  hp support.
when  i  purchased  the  50g   i  was  concidering  a  33s  but  wasnt very impressed with  it.
i  really  like  the 2  line display   "so  i  can see  both  the  x  a Y  REGISTERS   "just  like an  old time  hp calc  like the 9810"
ive  always  hated   the   1  line   hp  calculator  displays
having  to  flip    x  and  y  around  to  see  y.

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <mickpc@...> wrote:
>
> --- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, Dave Boyd <boydda@> wrote:
> >
> > mike wrote:
> > > Any first impressions...
> > 
> > I've got one.  I do like it better than the 33S.  It's a nice 
> > "middle-level" programmable.  I do like the physical packaging 
> (not the 
> > retail packaging, I mean the shape and buttons and such).  The 
> screen is 
> > the same as the later 33S screen, plus what appears to be a piece 
> of 
> > protective plastic that adds a bit of glare, and which some people 
> have 
> > removed[1], but which doesn't actually bother me.  I don't like 
> the 
> > incomplete nature of the complex-number arithmetic.  It turns out 
> to 
> > have some flaws in the implementation of its programming model, 
> and some 
> > smallish arithmetic bugs (in the trig functions for values very 
> near 
> > zero), and you should peruse the forums at hpmuseum.org for more 
> detail.
> > 
> > All in all, it's a good successor to the 11C, the 32SII and 33S, 
> and 
> > other mid-level calcs.  It's not a good successor to the 15C, 41C 
> and 
> > 42S, any 48 or 49/50, or other high-end calcs.  It's not trying to 
> be. 
> > One engineer here at work, who designs PC boards, did replace the 
> 49G+ 
> > with it, and he's happy; he had replaced a broken 32SII with the 
> 49G+, 
> > but it was more calc than he needed.  As a good calc to keep 
> handy, it's 
> > excellent -- light, feels good, good buttons, much clearer 
> labeling than 
> > the 33C.  The case is also fine.  When the bugs in the software 
> are 
> > fixed I will be able to recommend it with no reservations, but 
> even now, 
> > I can recommend it, as long as you don't need to do anything too 
> far 
> > outside its functions -- no large matrices, no heavyweight units 
> > support, no CAS, etc.  A good calculator for engineers, less good 
> for 
> > math courses.
> > 
> > [1] It's held together with screws -- you can actually take it 
> apart, 
> > and put it back together, without damaging it -- this is a 
> definite plus 
> > in my book...
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dave Boyd
> > "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall
> >   like a house of cards. Checkmate."  -Capt. Zapp Brannigan, 
> D.O.O.P.
> >
> my favorite feature is the equation setup, i would have liked some 
> way you could have labeled the equations, but i also it is a good 
> idea you have to think about each equation you are looking for.
> also i like the idea that you can not only store equations, but 
> polynoials in the same storage.
> 
> michael carey
> sry my kb is still playing up.
>