From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-03 01:13, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 21:57:40 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> My father bought a basic calculator during a trip to Britain in the   
   >> summer of 1976. I still have it somewhere, but I think it doesn't work.   
   >> It ate batteries and was larger than a package of cigarettes.   
   >   
   > I still have ny HP 16C and it works.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-16C   
   >   
   > It was fun leaving it on your desk in hex mode and watch a passerby try to   
   > do a quick calculation. Even if it was in decimal mode it was RPN.   
      
   I saw them. Learned a bit, and decided never to set my hands on one again.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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