Ask Slashdot: Cheap Second Calculators For Tests?

Rich0 writes "I own an HP 48 calculator that I'm quite content with, but soon I'll need to take a certification exam where this calculator will not be welcome. I'm sure this is a common problem for those who own higher-end calculators. Sure, I could just buy a random $15 calculator with a few trig functions, but I was wondering who makes the best moderately-priced calculators for somebody who already has and appreciates a programmable calculator and just needs something simple. Bonus points if the calculator can handle polar vector arithmetic and unit conversions, but it has to be simple enough that virtually any exam would accept its use."

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build one

[Anonymous Coward]

step 1: buy a retarded large button lcd calculator with w huge screen and fixed digits (you know, 0-9, ., +, *, /, -)

step 2: replace the buttons with joysticks

step 3: replace the screen with something around 300dpi

step 4: put in an arm processor and bring up linux

step 5: add wireless networking

step 6: swap out the aa batteries with lithium

step 7: develop a chorded keyboard input on the now 9 position keys

step 8: write an emulator to pretend to be the original calculator

step 9: profit

Re: Mod This Up!

[denmarkw00t]

Did you try Google?

Re:Calculator

[CaptQuark]

A good engineer believes in redundancy...

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Re: Calculator

[Anonymous Coward]

Just kidding, I made the above story up.