My first go-around at a Q&A. Thank you to those who have left questions and comments. So let's get started:
Q:
Pierre Goasguen:
Hello Eddie ! I have known your blog because I bought a HP-Prime essentially for my pleasure, not for studies or engineer work. In France, during the 80', there was big interest for calculators like Ti57/8/9, HP , etc... And... I bought this hp-prime to know how calculator is now. And your posts are very interesting to learn about it. So, I hope that you continue to post algorithms, comments, etc. I like very much this. Thank's a lot Eddie.
Pierre
A:
Pierre, thank you very much and yes, I do plan to continue to post algorithms. I find a of joy working with calculators and creating algorithms.
Q:
Pierre Goasguen:
Hello Eddie ! I have known your blog because I bought a HP-Prime essentially for my pleasure, not for studies or engineer work. In France, during the 80', there was big interest for calculators like Ti57/8/9, HP , etc... And... I bought this hp-prime to know how calculator is now. And your posts are very interesting to learn about it. So, I hope that you continue to post algorithms, comments, etc. I like very much this. Thank's a lot Eddie.
Pierre
A:
Pierre, thank you very much and yes, I do plan to continue to post algorithms. I find a of joy working with calculators and creating algorithms.
Q:
Road:
Hi Eddie, you have an awesome blog. I found it about 6 months ago and have been a regular visitor ever since. Do you have any plans/desires to some more advanced HP Prime tutorials?
-road
A:
Road, thank you for the suggestion, it sounds like a great idea. I am working on a tutorial series for the Spreadsheet App which I plan to start posting by early October. If you have any specific suggestions, feel free to comment.
Q:
Unknown:
Eddie,
I have so many questions, but I'll hold down to just a few:
What are your favorite calculators and what makes them special to you?
How many calculators do you own and have you got a preference for machines from a particular era?
A:
Currently, my favorite calculators are the HP Prime and TI-84 Plus CE. The HP Prime because it has a little bit of everything: graphing, CAS, a touch screen, rechargeable battery, and the ability to work in full color. The TI-84 Plus CE because of its ease of use, rechargeable battery, and at least in the United States, almost everyone has some version of a TI-84. I also like TI’s connectivity software.
My favorite collectible calculator is the HP 42S. I traded one of my HP 50g calculators with a good friend.
At last count I have close to 110 calculators, the latest being a TI-34 II that I bought from a local swap meet a few weeks ago. I have been collecting calculators since 1990 (7th/8th grade). I don’t have a lot of 1970's calculators but sometimes I wish I was college age during that time instead of a newborn. The other era, I would have to say now. The ability of calculators grew over the last four decades. One positive of the smart phone/tablet is that more people are participating in creating calculator apps.
Q:
Kleo S:
Hi Eddie, your blog is awesome. I visit your blog almost everyday since 2013. I have bought TI-84 CE-T a month ago and I found it lacks the "product" function (I do not understand why, especially when the summation is available). I decided to create a small program, unfortunately I am familiar with Casio calcs and not with TI. Can you help me with this?
For Casio and i/3 the program is:
SetDecimal
ClrText
1->pr
Input b
For 1->i To b Step 1
pr*i/3->pr
Next
Print pr
A:
Kleo, of the top of the head, the program on the TI-84 would probably look like this:
: ClrHome
: 1 → P
: Input B
: For(I,1,B) (the fourth argument of For is step, but the default is 1)
: P*I/3→P
: End (End is the global “end” marker for loops on the TI-84.)
: Disp P
* The TI-84 doesn’t have an exact/approximate mode, but has a convert to fraction function. (>Frac)
Q:
Harry Pandolfino:
You should publish your comments, reviews and programs in an ebook. You make playing with calculators fun.
A:
Harry, thank you so much! I have so much fun with calculators and glad to see others enjoy them too. I am considering writing an ebook; it is a matter of fitting this in the schedule.
Thank you everyone. Let's do this again sometime!
Eddie
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