ON/CANCEL key curiosity.
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From: Fatleader on 9 Jun 2010 23:04 Nothing of great importance but: I have noticed something recently on my 50g: the ON/CANCEL key is slightly less protruding than the other keys on the keypad. It is not at all faulty, it just doesn't stand "as tall" as the other keys on the pad when looked at at the side. Is this a design flaw, or was it meant to be designed this way so the CANCEL key would not be pressed accidentally?
From: John H Meyers on 9 Jun 2010 23:30 On 6/9/2010 10:04 PM: > I have noticed something recently on my 50g: the ON/CANCEL key is > slightly less protruding than the other keys on the keypad. It is not > at all faulty, it just doesn't stand "as tall" as the other keys on > the pad when looked at at the side. Is this a design flaw, or was it > meant to be designed this way so the CANCEL key would not be pressed > accidentally? http://www.hpmuseum.org/img/48s/48sx3qs.jpg http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/42s3q.jpg http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/15c3q.jpg [r->] [OFF]
From: Fatleader on 10 Jun 2010 01:32 I feel ashamed for having asked that.... So it turns out to be a one-of-a-kind HP calculator characteristic. Quite a disappointment how HP shrunk their enter key on their 49 series. Thanks John, lots more research from me behalf before I make another retarded post.
From: John H Meyers on 10 Jun 2010 19:28 There was a time when the posting of any question that ever had been answered in the history of the world was considered some sort of sin, and it was everyone's duty to read a library of FAQs before ever daring to say a word. I think that was when all network access was over a 1200 baud phone modem, and some people had to dial up to an expensive, non-local phone number, costing some real pennies to read an extra newsgroup question and its answer. Perhaps it would have been a good idea for the internet to stay that way; after all, if it cost those who spew out junk email even a penny per message, that alone might have prevented the "spam industry" from ever having sprouted. But at that time, a good, basic scientific calculator like the (original) HP-35 cost something like $395 -- it would have lasted forever, too, but it might never have evolved into this new stuff, which doesn't have to last long, because it becomes obsolete during shipment :) Why don't they nowadays just put a better speaker in them, give them away, and sell downloadable tunes? [r->] [OFF]
From: Bruce Horrocks on 11 Jun 2010 04:44
On 11/06/2010 00:28, John H Meyers wrote: > Why don't they nowadays just put a better speaker in them, > give them away, and sell downloadable tunes? Because then some bright spark would have the idea of providing the user guide in the form of spoken instructions and we'd have to listen to Tim or Cyrille saying "Press 3. Now press ENTER. Now press PLUS..." interspersed with the sound of small children saying "Daddy, can we go to the park now? Please? Pleeeeaase?" etc. ;-) -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com) |