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When I was in university, the calculator dream of many engineers was the Casio FX-850P, I got the follow up model Casio FX-880P instead.

I wonder which model is now being favored in Portuguese universities.

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I wish they would still make calculators as beautiful as that one instead of all the cheap plastic we get today. All the Casio FX-880P would need is a slightly faster processor and a slightly more modern programming language with structures and hash tables. There is even a guy in Germany who still makes PC connection cables for them - although only as a hobby and he's booked out for months in advance.

The one guy I know about is actually from Spain, although he does sell worldwide both through his own shop and through eBay: http://www.casio880.com/en/product/interface-cable-for-calcu... https://www.ebay.de/usr/javitopo

I'm still deciding whether to buy it from him or build my own following this guide: http://blog.damnsoft.org/rs232-ttl-adapter-for-vintage-fx-ca...

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