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Excellent Multi-Purpose Calculator 
- Version: 1.1, 3/18/2004 07:19PM PST
Quinn Taylor
This is a powerful and robust app, which I highly reccommend for anything related to low-level programming or computer design, especially for those who work with binary and/or hexadecimal numbers often (e.g. - programmers, circuit designers, etc.). It has great features for entering numbers in difference bases, and easily and automatically converts numbers between bases on the fly. It has buttons for entering digits 0-9 and letters A-F (for hexadecimal notation) as well as other operations, and works flawlessly with keyboard entry. It also supports the binary bit-wise operations AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, which is a great boon to anyone working with Boolean algebra.
As a CompSci student, one thing I would like to see is a built-in bit-shift operation. On the whole, exponents and roots are unnecessary in this type of calculations, but they would also be a nice touch. There is also no support of logarithms, natural logs, factorials, polar coordinates, or trig functions -- nor was there intended to be. If you need those capabilites, I would suggest using the Calculator included with OS X, and selecting "Advanced" from the view menu -- it usually satisfies my needs.
While you could use it for anything, this is an RPN calculator, which means the numbers and operations are entered in a different order, which some people refer to as "reverse Polish". Any numbers you enter will be held on a "stack" and evaluated when you enter an operation. It functions much like HP graphing calculators. (Without the graphing features.)
Don't download this application thinking that it's something you'll use for simple everyday math like balancing your checkbook or calculating your grades (unless you use your HP for everything anyway!). There is good documentation, but most people who are not already familiar with this type of calculation would prefer not to learn something new for simple calculations. I haven't had any need of support (plus it's freeware, so what do you expect?), and the documentation is self-explanatory, albeit plain and scientific-looking.
Overall, I was extremely happy to find this app, and only wish I'd found it last semester! It would have saved me a lot of headaches with operations on binary numbers and double-checking my results. If you're studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering, definitely download this program!
which version? - Version: 1.1, 5/14/2003 07:12AM PST
Craig Finseth
This is a powerful and robust app, which I highly reccommend for anything related to low-level programming or computer design, especially for those who work with binary and/or hexadecimal numbers often (e.g. - programmers, circuit designers, etc.). It has great features for entering numbers in difference bases, and easily and automatically converts numbers between bases on the fly. It has buttons for entering digits 0-9 and letters A-F (for hexadecimal notation) as well as other operations, and works flawlessly with keyboard entry. It also supports the binary bit-wise operations AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, which is a great boon to anyone working with Boolean algebra.
As a CompSci student, one thing I would like to see is a built-in bit-shift operation. On the whole, exponents and roots are unnecessary in this type of calculations, but they would also be a nice touch. There is also no support of logarithms, natural logs, factorials, polar coordinates, or trig functions -- nor was there intended to be. If you need those capabilites, I would suggest using the Calculator included with OS X, and selecting "Advanced" from the view menu -- it usually satisfies my needs.
While you could use it for anything, this is an RPN calculator, which means the numbers and operations are entered in a different order, which some people refer to as "reverse Polish". Any numbers you enter will be held on a "stack" and evaluated when you enter an operation. It functions much like HP graphing calculators. (Without the graphing features.)
Don't download this application thinking that it's something you'll use for simple everyday math like balancing your checkbook or calculating your grades (unless you use your HP for everything anyway!). There is good documentation, but most people who are not already familiar with this type of calculation would prefer not to learn something new for simple calculations. I haven't had any need of support (plus it's freeware, so what do you expect?), and the documentation is self-explanatory, albeit plain and scientific-looking.
Overall, I was extremely happy to find this app, and only wish I'd found it last semester! It would have saved me a lot of headaches with operations on binary numbers and double-checking my results. If you're studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering, definitely download this program!