50g

--- 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.