dot matrix wrote:My first was the HP 25C - a brilliant piece of machinery. It's too bad that HP is migrating away from RPN.
HP abandoned quality calculators a long time ago. Mostly it was due to changing market conditions and evolving technology, but foolish decisions at HP also played a part. Recently HP began to attempt to get back to a significant level of quality in calculators, and there is some evidence that it may succeed (ie the HP50G), but they will never be able to get back to what they once were. This is mostly because calculators today do not fill the same role of cutting edge technological artifacts that they once did.
The HP25C is a shining example of the art of HP calculators.