OmegaOne 1-Calc? Other good calculator programs?

[Zack Mahdavi]

Hey y'all,

I've been searching for a good PocketPC calculator program. Back in my Palm days, I used Infinity Software's PowerOne Graph, and I really liked that program because it had a graphing-calculator style history window.

I've been using Calc98, and it's a great scientific calculator! But I want a calculator with a history window. Does anyone have any recommendations?

OmegaOne's 1-Calc (http://www.omegaone.com/PocketPC/Calc.html) was just released, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

[Jorgen]

I assume that you want an algebraic calculator (I prefer RPN myself).
RealCalculator from http://www.vorwerk-stengel.com/index.php?lang=eng&link=R301 is very good.

For the benefit of RPN fans, RPN Calculator by Tom Bolt is very powerful.
I also "carry" CalcNOW - not powerful but very fast at starting up.

Jorgen

[Zack Mahdavi]

Thanks Jorgen,

I'll take a look at the programs you mentioned.

How does an RPN calculator compare to the Texas Instruments style? It's stack-style, right? I've programmed an RPN calculator before but I've never really used one.

[jneely]

And if you want to see the coolest PocketPC calculator ever. Check out SpaceTime. The TI-83 was used as inspiration, but I think you can see by the screenshots just how far beyond they've moved visually:

http://www.twostunads.com/store/images/spacetime/big1.jpg http://www.twostunads.com/store/images/spacetime/big9.jpg http://www.twostunads.com/store/images/spacetime/big6.jpg

It has amazing graphing capabilities and will be getting just about every piece of functionality you could ever hope for in the next few months (I've asked them lots of questions myself). The developers are active in upgrading and welcome user feedback and suggestions.

http://www.twostunads.com/store/SpaceTime.aspx

[Zack Mahdavi]

Jeff, SpaceTime looks awesome. I will definitely look into it. That history window is exactly what I'm looking for. Plus, I'd love to get graphing calculator abilities back on my PocketPC!

[rhmorrison]

If you like RPN calculators take a look at Lygea Calculators (http://www.lygea.com/productlist.htm). I bought the hp 15c Pocket Calculator and have been very happy with it especially since a short time later my 'real' hp 15 c died! It looks and works just like the real calculator only the programs run much faster. If you want a scientific RPN calculator program this one is a real bargain at only $12.99!

Highly recommended.

[Jorgen]

>Lygea Calculators . I bought the hp 15c Pocket Calculator

I still have my hp-12, 15 and 16 calculators.

I would buy the Lygea Calculators immediately, if you could save the programs under a program name - they would be welcome to limit the size of the programs to what the original can take, but it should be possible to store as many named files as RAM can take.

Jorgen

[Jerry Raia]

I use and love SpaceTime. I also use OmniSolve Which is quite good. http://www.landware.com/omnisolve/index.html

It can run In RPN mode which I prefer.

[Zack Mahdavi]

All of these calculators are nice, but do any of them have a history/paper tape feature? That's one feature I love in my calculators, especially in a PocketPC calculator since I don't usually have any paper around when I'm using it.

[BabyJ2590]

This not what you were looking for, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried this Texas Instruments calculator? http://ticalcemulator.calcnews.net/

[crm]

You might look at Math Tablet - it has something similar to a paper tape, but you can change values in the history and it propogates those forward.

www.statsnow.net/mathtablet

It's got a nice RPN implementation that lets you edit on the fly and they just added a formula solver. It's also programmable.


crm

[Zack Mahdavi]

This not what you were looking for, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried this Texas Instruments calculator? http://ticalcemulator.calcnews.net/

I've been wanting to try this program to emulate my TI-89, but you have to somehow download your calculator's ROM onto the PC. I'm not quite sure how to do that and I don't have a PC link.. :(

[Zack Mahdavi]

You might look at Math Tablet - it has something similar to a paper tape, but you can change values in the history and it propogates those forward.

www.statsnow.net/mathtablet

It's got a nice RPN implementation that lets you edit on the fly and they just added a formula solver. It's also programmable.


crm

This one seems really nice, and it's the cheapest of the bunch at $14.95.

[rhmorrison]

I would buy the Lygea Calculators immediately, if you could save the programs under a program name - they would be welcome to limit the size of the programs to what the original can take, but it should be possible to store as many named files as RAM can take.
Have you sent them an email telling them that you would buy there program(s) if it had a save/load of program memory?
In not, you should!

This is the kind of feature that should be fairly easy to implement and if they can be assured of additional sales then the chances are good that they would implement this feature.

[Nen]

All of these calculators are nice, but do any of them have a history/paper tape feature? That's one feature I love in my calculators, especially in a PocketPC calculator since I don't usually have any paper around when I'm using it.

I know at least 2 calculators with the features you're looking for:
1. Napier, from www.nca-corp.com, which you can programm functions in VBasic language, and has a couple of history features (very useful!)
2.CarsoCalc , from www.carso.se (I'm just trying it)

The one I like better is Napier, but it's a big problem with the authors, because they seem to be missing! Right now I've not been able to BUY the soft, because when I tried to, the sellers say they no longer have the product!!!

Have any one news about Napier?

[Zack Mahdavi]

I ended up purchasing 1-Calc from OmegaOne. I realized that as much as I love my Pocket PC, I would never use it to do any SUPER serious calculating. Why by another program to replace my TI - 89?

Thanks for all the posts!

[jasonc]

This not what you were looking for, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried this Texas Instruments calculator? http://ticalcemulator.calcnews.net/

I've been wanting to try this program to emulate my TI-89, but you have to somehow download your calculator's ROM onto the PC. I'm not quite sure how to do that and I don't have a PC link.. :(

I use the TI-89 emulator all the time, although it's pretty slow. You don't even have to download the ROM from your calculator to your PC-- you can just download the ROM directly off TI's website! They make you create a free user account and you must accept a license aggreement that you actually own the TI calculator (I do), but otherwise you can download the rom here:
http://education.ti.com/us/product/apps/89os.html