I used the mouse for all my input because I have a "mini" keyboard hooked up to my laptop. I will try later with keyboard equivalents. I used a 67 for years in the 70s and gave it away to a college kid when I no longer needed it. Then a few years ago I bought one from eBay and it brought back all the good memories (no pun intended). I resold that and now I have this Mac version to try. No mag cards, though. There used to be a club of 67 users and someone figured out how to create "non-normalized numbers," which could only be saved on mag cards. The club had a lively trade in these cards. One of the cards would cause the words C0Co C01o scroll across the display (the "o" was squared off so it looked like a lower case "a" and the effect was "coca cola" on the display.
One wish list hint: make the calculator look like a 67, complete with the place for the mag card. Then let users create a collection of virtual mag cards that could be "run through" and then slipped into the card window.
Thanks!
LXVII
HP-67-like calculator
Version: 1.1.2
looks good after ten minutes' play
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Contributed by: twicks Monday, June 05 2006 @ 10:55 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
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looks good after ten minutes' play - nct22
Thanks for the comments and nice rating. I hope LXVII is still giving you good performance after 10 days' play.I used to belong to the HP-67 Users' Group and even built the breakout box you speak of. Unfortunately, I lost most of the mailings I got from them, but not all: LXVII uses the same internal key codes, published by the UG, that the HP-67 uses when executing programs. No particular reason, just homage to the designers.
As to your wish list: The main objective for writing LXVII was to learn to write a standard-looking OS X application. My inclination is to keep it looking as standard as possible, but I suppose I may get the urge to learn how to put different skins on applications someday, so who knows.
Thanks again for your input. I appreciated it.
/nct
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