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Re: [SLE] looking for a calculator
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:20:09 -0400
- Message-id: <42DA8539.9000805@xxxxxxxxxx>
Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Sunday 17 July 2005 16:02, John R. Sowden wrote:
>>I am running Suse 9.3 with the KDE that came with it. I am looking for a
>>calculator that, hopefully does not require megabytes o libraries, etc that
>>gives me a virtual tape, base conversions, memory function, a few more
>>features that a 4-banger. Couldn't google one.
>
> I have no idea what a virtual tape is, but kcalc gives you all the other
> functions you mention.
>
> Also, the PG calculator is very cool, gives you the look of a pocket
> scientific calculator
That PG calculator uses "Reverse Polish Notation", which while very
efficient, is not known by most users. Many years ago, I had a Novus
Mathematician calculator, which used RPN. Once I got used to it, I
found it was better than algebraic notation. I believe the HP
scientific calculators also used RPN.
> On Sunday 17 July 2005 16:02, John R. Sowden wrote:
>>I am running Suse 9.3 with the KDE that came with it. I am looking for a
>>calculator that, hopefully does not require megabytes o libraries, etc that
>>gives me a virtual tape, base conversions, memory function, a few more
>>features that a 4-banger. Couldn't google one.
>
> I have no idea what a virtual tape is, but kcalc gives you all the other
> functions you mention.
>
> Also, the PG calculator is very cool, gives you the look of a pocket
> scientific calculator
That PG calculator uses "Reverse Polish Notation", which while very
efficient, is not known by most users. Many years ago, I had a Novus
Mathematician calculator, which used RPN. Once I got used to it, I
found it was better than algebraic notation. I believe the HP
scientific calculators also used RPN.
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