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The N-77 was a pathbreaking calculator in its day, a classic, hence its
interest to collectors. However, it has a Y2K bug. A Mickey Mouse fix
available on the Tamaya site will keep it going to either 2007 or 2009,
can't remember which. I couldn't imagine any person buying it now for other
than collector purposes. And they come up regularily on Ebay at a few
dollars.

Calculators...Texas, HP, Palm, dedicated navigational calculators such as
the N-77 and its replacement 2000, etc.....have been dealt with extensively
in the past on this list.

People have their preferences, usually reflecting a long association with a
particular genre.

To my mind, dedicated navigational calculators have had their day. A Palm
loaded with readily available software will do it all, plus lots, lots
more....tides, magnetic field calculations, exchange rates, shopping list,
email...etc., etc.. A second hand Palm Vx sells for about the same as a
N-77....a few dollars. (And I was a confirmed HP person for 30 years!!)

Lee Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Fiene" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 5:20 PM
Subject: Navigational computers


> A friend has let me know that he's wanting to buy one of the following,
> as his brother has recommended it, as it's 'what all the merchant
> professionals use'.
>
> http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/tamaya_nc-77.html
>
> His brother's view is it's so easy to make a mistake manually  with CN
> and this makes it almost impossible.
>
> To all you experts out there, what do you think?
>
> All the best,
> Lisa
>
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