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So, which is your "stranded on an island" calculator?
If the stranding is for any significant length of time, it would have to be a really long battery life device. A voyager, maybe a 41 or best of all a slide rule.
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I had to make two & a half year "desert island" decisions at the end of '96 for lots of things: a calculator, 10 CDs/tapes, climbing equipment, books. Ended up choosing a CX with the early TDS ROM & full X memory, lots of Grateful Dead and Segovia, Lowe & MSR, Jung & Castaneda.
Almost maxed out the X mem and had to write a program to do one thing that the 48sx version already did, but it wasn't a desert and there were rainy days.
Today; i might take the WP-34 and try to port the D'zign programs onto it. Would need a lot of rainy days though.
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Between the 41C/CV/CX and 34C I would take the 41C/CV/CX. However, why limit oneself? The HP34 is one of my favorite LED calculators. Attractive, compact, powerful. No I/O however (65 or 67 for that if you are looking for an LED calc).
The 34C used to be very easy to find. I don't see them quite as frequently now.
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Marwan
