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.