Aurora 1000 RPN Financial Calculator Mini Review

Tony T. Warnock

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Dec 2, 2003, 9:54:17 AM12/2/03

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After reading on this newsgroup about the Aurora 1000 RPN Financial
Calculator, I finally managed to get one (actually, two.) At Fry's they
were $15.00.

I don't know who makes the calculator, but it's worth the $15.00.

It's about 5.5" by 3" by 3/8" with the case closed (the numbers don't
come out even in metric either.) Very light weight; feels cheap; key
action like a $15.00 unit. The case opens to a keyboard and 1-line
display with 10 digits (or 8 digits and 2 exponent.)

The RPN is 4-level stack with the fourth level duplicated on drop. Keys
are the usual: shift, ENTER, add, subtract, multiply divide, change
sign, Clear X, roll, STO; shifted gives: last X, RCL, X-Y interchange.
There 20 memorys which are shared with the statistics and programming
registers. The functions include (I haven't tried everything yet): Y**X,
Exp(X), Log(X), Sqrt(X), 1/X, %, %T, Delta%, round; the financial
functions include i, PMT, PV, FV, n, internal-rate-return,
net-present-value; statistics include two value statistics x-bar, y-bar,
x-sdev, y-sdev, correlation, y-on-x regression and x-on-y regression.

There is minimal programming. No real editing. All functions and some
tests and a skip available. There is some alphabetic capability.

Other than lacking the trig functions, it's quite capable.

I would like to have a similar calculator with the trig functions (sine,
cosine, tangent, with arcs respectively) and a few functions like area
under the normal. I guess I could program the trig functions easily.

Craig A. Finseth

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Dec 2, 2003, 9:58:21 AM12/2/03

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In article <3FCCA799...@cic-mail.lanl.gov>,

Tony T. Warnock <t...@lanl.gov> wrote:
>After reading on this newsgroup about the Aurora 1000 RPN Financial
>Calculator, I finally managed to get one (actually, two.) At Fry's they
>were $15.00.
>
>I don't know who makes the calculator, but it's worth the $15.00.

Aurora (:-).

...

>Other than lacking the trig functions, it's quite capable.

It's a VERY GOOD HP-12C clone.

Craig

saman

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Dec 3, 2003, 5:58:35 PM12/3/03

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"Tony T. Warnock" <u09...@cic-mail.lanl.gov> wrote in message
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> After reading on this newsgroup about the Aurora 1000 RPN Financial
> Calculator, I finally managed to get one (actually, two.) At Fry's they
> were $15.00.
>

whats the hardware like, is this thing faster than the original?

Gene Wright

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Dec 3, 2003, 6:06:35 PM12/3/03

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I want to know how he got it for $15. It's $25 on their website. :-)
Gene
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Tony T. Warnock

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Dec 4, 2003, 9:50:17 AM12/4/03

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I walked into a Fry's in Arlington, Texas; picked up the calculator
(which had $24.99 on the box and $15.00 on the display case); after the
clerk rang up $15.00 (which I asked about), I went back and got another.

JJ

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Jan 11, 2004, 2:14:50 PM1/11/04

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The Aurora company was at CES.

Most of the booth, much larger than I expected, seemed to be taken up
by their wastepaper basket paper shredders. However, they did have a
wall of calculators. I asked if they had any plans for other RPN
calculators like the 1000. One fellow knew what I was talking about
and said no.

Jay

ps Tradeshows aren't necessarily an accurate source of info.