#299078 - 06/08/21 05:30 AM
Re: old timer chat
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Thanks Max. The FX-85v is not included in the list
I have gone through the kids garbage dump (2 drawers full of school and college leftovers) and found a scientific calculator. It will serve me OK. I had to replace its AAA battery. Again, that reminded me of the FX-85v , which was dual power. It has a solar cell and I used it for decades without the need to replace its dead battery.
That calculator sounds like too good to be true
But it's true.
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#299080 - 06/08/21 03:46 PM
Re: old timer chat
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Could have been injured seriously this weekend, myself. Sunday morning breakfast out, enter bathroom, feet out from under me. Hard kit. Wet floor warning sign you couldn't see without fully opening the door. Should have been outside or something. Bruise and such, but could have been much worse. Not sure age made any difference, except we don't heal so quickly these days. Anybody over 65 is one fall away from disaster. (My opinion and worth what you paid for it.) E.T.A. - Make that possible disaster.
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#299085 - 06/08/21 09:38 PM
Re: old timer chat
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. . . .
In this age of WOW technology, it seems everything is possible. So, here is my tech question: Do you know if there is a Casio calculator simulator. Maybe, just maybe, I can work again on a Casio FX-85v. Won't be the same (it weighed almost nothing, did linear regression in a heart beat, had great features like "constant arithmatic"..etc. ). Constant arithmatic is when you have a list of numbers and you need to subtract 2 from each one of them, or multiply each by 7 , or whatever. I needed to do that repeatedly and it was very fast and simple.
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So, is there an Android App that simulates Casio calculators ?? Do a DuckDuckGo search on this - casio calculator download free Or here for a Casio surveying calculator - https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=004&pid=729
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#299087 - 06/09/21 11:36 AM
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Be careful Doug
I am glad it wasn't more serious.
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#299088 - 06/09/21 11:37 AM
Re: old timer chat
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Anybody over 65 is one fall away from (possible) disaster. +1 And if overweight, make that +10
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#299089 - 06/09/21 11:46 AM
Re: old timer chat
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HP-45 ???
And I always thought I am old fashioned. LOL
BTW, I once used an HP-45 many decades ago. If my memory cells are still functioning, there is a twist in that calculator model:
Press +/- sign, along with 7 and 8, simultaneously, and you get a stop watch. Try it. I don't know how to stop it though LOL.
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#299090 - 06/09/21 11:54 AM
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Thanks for e-bay link. Real great to see my favourite calculator of several decades. However, cost-wise it seems a bit unattractive. First, shipping charges is more than the price. Second, it may be near the end of its functioning life (may die soon, just like the one at my work). Third, I got a few calculators from the kids.
I have to think alot about this.
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#299091 - 06/09/21 12:00 PM
Re: old timer chat
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Thanks Brian. Seems the link is for advanced graphic calculators. I had one and gave it to my son , cuz I only need simpler models with certain features (like linear regression, and constant arithmatic, but not much more like logarithmic regression, or graphs ..etc. )
Anyways, I found a calculator in the kids dump (Casio FX-82MS) and will learn how use it most efficiently.
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