That is a beauty! I have the fx-115W from about the same era, and it is a lovely looking machine. I think that if we’re going off of pure aesthetics, I’d have to put the fx-9750GIII at the top of my list for Casios.

I’ll have to see if there’s a deep dive on that somewhere. It sounds fascinating!

That’s a whole line of pretty calculators there! Is the magnetic reader on the top of the unit?

That’s a great looking machine!

You got written up in The Register! That is amazing, wonderful, and awesome! Congratulations! https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/21/hp_12c_calculator_mystery

That definitely works for me!

That was a phenomenal write-up of what must have been a fascinating mystery to have discovered! Thank you for sharing it with us!

As an aside, would you mind sharing your list of edge cases? I have a few for scientific calculators but nothing for financials. If one doesn’t already exist, maybe we could even start working on a community document with edge cases and benchmarks?

The first word that comes to mind is “redemption”

That was such a great little calculator! Graphing in the form factor of a large scientific. I loved mine to pieces, but it got lost somewhere along the way. I was a lot less careful back then.

That is a beautiful picture, and it looks like you’re having a lovely time! Plus, I can show my wife that I’m not the only one who brings a calculator on vacation!

So what does everybody think? Will this replace the fx-CG50 or the fx-9750GIII with the styling of the fx-991CW? Which one is showing its age more and is crying out for round buttons? Or will we get shocked with a new ClassPad?

I hope not. Especially from Casio.

I’m definitely not saying that they are stupid machines, just that I’m too stupid to use them

It is a beauty, but it’s sure seen better days. It kept displaying Low Voltage, even with fresh batteries. I cracked the case in a few places taking it apart to fix it. I have no idea what I did, other than touch a multimeter to a few spots on the board, but it works fine now. Dumb luck, I guess.

It is absolutely gorgeous, but I’ve always been confused by financial calculators. The buttons are all gibberish, and I have no idea what they do. I’ve got a TI-BA II Plus in my collection, but I think I’ve only turned it on four or five times 'cause I get scared.

Between the PDAs and my bullet journal, I’m pretty well set.

I’ve picked up seven Asvine pens over the last year, and have been very happy with all of them. They’re an impressive pen maker.

Gorgeous photo of a couple of beautiful machines! The DM42 is on my bucket list, but my wife needs some serious convincing that $250 USD is OK to spend on a calculator. What pen is that, by the way? Nevermind! I looked at the alt text!

Thank you! I am so excited, but terribly nervous, too!

My first fountain pen was a Lamy Safari Charcoal with a Medium nib. I still make sure that I write at least a couple of lines with it every day. It’s currently inked up with Diamine Midnight.

It’s a fun way to combine a couple of different collections. I’ll need to throw up some more pics now that the community is getting to be more active!