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Re Numworks, at $125 for a calculator, you've got to really love the idea.

I didn't think it was that much, but I checked my receipt from 2017, and sure enough it was!

I have in my hand (I guess I like using that phase today), my father's original receipt for the HP-45 (it's with the box and manual). $299.00 in 1975, which is $1,850 today(!!!).

Relatively speaking, electronics are very, very cheap today compared to what they used to be. Still appreciate that my $30 CASIO does 90% of that the NumWorks can do, but I'm happy to support upstarts such as NumWorks.

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