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Calculators revisited (TI-86, HP 48gx)
From: Glendon
Date: 2000 Dec 08, 10:33 PM
From: Glendon
Date: 2000 Dec 08, 10:33 PM
Hi, I'm interested in a calculator for navigation. I've read through some of the recent archived discussion on calculators... and the discussion seems to come down to the TI pr the HP. The TI-86 seems favoured, perhaps because of input into this group from Starpath, and also/perhaps because Starpath's program can apparently be loaded straight onto it. The TI is also slightly cheaper than the HP on eBay. Some questions. I wonder if people have views on the relative merits of the TI vs the HP as calculators in their own right. The HP seems to have a much wider repository of freely available programs (see for example hpcalc.org and in particular http://hpcalc.org/hp48/science/astronomy/ ) including an almanac....which I reckon I might be able to use to build up into my own navigational package. There doesn't seem to be any equivalent for the TI. Anybody got any experience in trying to carry the logic of HP programs into TI? Any thought appreciated Lee