WMcD Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 mOOn, Nahh, I thought it was an offhand remark by you. It was mostly a vehicle by which I could say something nice about PWK. Someday you're going to be a crusty old galloot, too. I may get there before you. Best, Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Well, I try to be Civil! Tennessee Tech, 1979. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grateful11 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Anyone ever have a TI-55 II? Biggest POS TI ever made. I had one and I've talked to 2 or 3 others over years that had them and it seems they're all a like. You would press a key and nothing, press it again and nothing then all of sudden you press it and you might get from 1-3 charactes. I tried my best to twist mine in-half one day when I was trying to trig out an equation for something at work. Another guy I know smashed his against a brick wall. My TI-30Xa worked great until I spilled coffee on it at work. Replaced it with TI-36X Solar with triple function keys, it's very nice. Grateful On a hunch I did a search, maybe I shouldn't have destroyed mine: http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Slanted/TI-55-II_1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grateful11 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 I got to looking around the datamath.org site and I can't believe someone has compiled that much information about calculators. I still have one of these at home that we still use but its always needed a lot of light to work. http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Galaxy/TI-35GalaxySolar.htm Grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 OK, went out and bought a Casio fx-250HC for $7.99. Trig, logartihms, fractions, and everything else I need to teach a math class for welders. I'll continue to use a computer for fancier stuff like regressions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 A cheap RadioShack model EC-316 solar powered metric conversion calculator back in '86. When I'm not at home to use it, I use my fingers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I bought a TI-55II in about 1982 and had the same buttom bounce problem that Grateful11 described. I sent it back to TI for repair and bought an HP15C (best thing I ever did was to get rid of the "=" button in favor of an "ENTER" button). Anyway, TI finally replaced the TI55-II, and I gave it to my dad. He still uses it today, with no problems. BTW, I still have my TI-59 with a printer that I bought in 1979 for a small fortune. It also still works, including the card reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed3 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I didn't realize there were so many of us CE's on this board. Mine is a TI-85 and gets me through every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhawk92 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 The last one I bought was an HP-28S for my AE days in college. It's still working great, but the darn battery cover cracked a long time ago, so now I'm using tape to keep the batteries in there. Is that too geeky? It's clear packing tape, not the white kind for glasses! But I have a new HP-48Gx for Xmas that I'm sure will come in handy. Gotta love that RPN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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