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.
>