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Subject: Re: [Nml] Calculators for Navigation
From: Titanium Tom (titom@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Mar 12 1999 - 22:28:50 EST
Dan,
My calculator that I presently use is an HP19BII, Buisness Consultant II
which has RPN also. Do you think that I will be able to use it for what I will
need for our purposes here on Silicon Sea II ?
Thanks for the help.
T Tom.
Daniel K. Allen (Visual C++) wrote:
> Personally I prefer to spend my time doing lots of programming on my HP-48GX
> to get sight reduction to the fewest keystrokes! The HP 48 uses very little
> power and has great built-in functionality. It has a strange programming
> language called RPL (Reverse Polish Lisp) but it is quite powerful. Sadly
> HP is doing very little with calculators any more.
>
> My best nav programs are written in the C programming language and run on my
> laptops, although I am about to port them to a small HP620LX Windows CE
> machine... which is what HP is putting its efforts to now. At least these
> machines can be programmed in C -- a big step forward -- but they do not
> support much programming on the machine: you need to write the programs on a
> desktop machine running Windows 98 or NT.
>
> I've begun experimenting with some nav software written as an Excel
> spreadsheet, and it actually works quite well. These Handheld PCs that run
> Windows CE (like the HP620LX and their newer Jornada) have a Pocket Excel in
> ROM and one CAN program on the handheld machine in Excel simply by writing
> formulas. (No macros or VBA yet though.)
>
> One of the great advantages of using Excel for numerical calculations is
> that you can see as much of your intermediate results as you want along the
> way. You can change just one variable and see how it affects the answer,
> etc. Writing nav software using Excel is actually pretty promising!
>
> Dan
> danallen@XXX.XXX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Wescott [mailto:mike.wescott@XXX.XXX]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 6:18 AM
> To: Titanium Tom
> Cc: Dan Hogan; navigation@XXX.XXX
> Subject: Re: [Nml] Silicon Sea II: Show of Hands
>
> > What type of calculator is the best for working the calculations, should
> it be
> > programable?
>
> Personally, I prefer minimal computer help for doing the Silicon Sea
> problems
> (and maximal help on the open sea). I use a simple calculator and plotting
> sheets. If I weren't too lazy to use an Ageton method (or one of it's
> relatives,
> I would do without the calculator.
>
> --
> -Mike Wescott
> mike.wescott@XXX.XXX
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