uLisp/ATmega1284-based Lisp Badge looks similar http://www.ulisp.com/show?2L0C
Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
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Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#22uLisp/ATmega1284-based Lisp Badge looks similar http://www.ulisp.com/show?2L0C
IMHO the ATmega chips (on the Arduino boards especially) are the easiest and most fun way to learn how CPUs work as they're 8-bit RISC so they have have a really basic and simple to understand architecture similar to that of Apple II's MOS 6502 or Intel's 8008, but have modern documentation and toolchains.
I can easily recommend an Arduino or a clone instead of a Raspberry PI to anyone wanting to get their hands dirty.
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#23Prices for HP-48’s are through the roof these days. However HP-50’s are not loved currently despite being the same rpn/lisp/graphing calc software just with much faster processors - they are the much better buy right now and can be had under £50.
My 50g is one of the most convenient ways to check my arithmetic when it comes to dates and hours calculations.
I think overall though, these are a relic and the best way forward i’m aware of today are the “mathemtics notepad” type applications that reimagine what a calculator looks like on a desktop.
At the cli i get more mileage out of gnu units than i’d have thought…
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#24Prices for HP-48’s are through the roof these days. However HP-50’s are not loved currently despite being the same rpn/lisp/graphing calc software just with much faster processors - they are the much better buy right now and can be had under £50. My 50g is one of the most convenient ways to check my arithmetic when it comes to dates and hours calculations. I think overall though, these are a relic and the best way fo…
A good reason for that is the changed shape and keyboard, which disfavors RPN and mimics contemporary casio calculators (even docs have strange preference for mentioning algebraic mode first).
The large enter of hp-48 and earlier RPN calculators makes way more sense, especially if you're going to do anything fast. TBQH, I'd love a hp-50g internals (or better) in hp-48gx case :)
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#25I learned programming around 1985 on one of these Casio pocket computers. It ran Basic interpreter not lisp. Incredible little machine. It looked like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/143595147094 I probably would not be a software engineer at a top company today without it.
In the old days buying a calculator with basic meant it went to IT departmemt abd it is me who has to handle the request. Found it funny to deal with hundreds of IBM PC purchase and this one Casio. Still remember how annoying the user is, why I have to see you, write justification and go through approval process for a bloody computer whilst my boss you help him to buy so many PC!
Never saw a lisp one though. Interesting where one can get one for old Tim sake.
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#26The title ticks all the HN top post boxes. Lisp. Pocket computer. Casio. Eighties.
It's not a HN thing, it's everyone with a passion for technology, the same way how someone with a passion for cars will appreciate an old-timer rather than his Toyota Corolla. Honestly, stuff like this provides some much needed escapism for me as I feel burned out from scraping all the cruff from the bottom of the Jira barrel wihch is most "tech" jobs nowadays and miss the days I used to just tinker with stuf I enjoy…
+1. I hope you saw the dishwasher post from this weekend!
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#27I have many pocket computers, sadly not that one. My Casio VX-4 might be closest. Not cheap currently $400 https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/j714515522 Still my all time favorite for the 70 colors ist the Casio PB-100
Hot diggity that's a sweet machine- keys for car and cdr! I want one really badly, but I know it'll just sit in a drawer, because 90s tech just isn't gonna hold up for practical use.
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#28Do we have today fully lisp based machines? If not then why not?
Emacs is the bastard child between unix and lisp machines.
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#29I learned programming around 1985 on one of these Casio pocket computers. It ran Basic interpreter not lisp. Incredible little machine. It looked like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/143595147094 I probably would not be a software engineer at a top company today without it.
For me, my Casio FX-502P when at school - totally caught the programming bug from that thing. The cool kids (in the maths sense obviously!) had HPs; RPN and beautifully engineered, but too expensive sadly.
I hate the modern calculators with their 'ANS' nonsense, they can get off my metaphorical lawn.
Re: Casio AI-1000 Pocket Lisp Computer from 1989 [video]
#30I learned programming around 1985 on one of these Casio pocket computers. It ran Basic interpreter not lisp. Incredible little machine. It looked like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/143595147094 I probably would not be a software engineer at a top company today without it.
back in 1992, the first calculator I think I ever touched was my father's Elektronika MK-85, which was essentially an "inspired by" copy (externally look alike and similarly programmed, but all the internals designed from scratch in USSR).
Imagine my surprise when many, many years later, I learnt that the pocket calculator had a full PDP-11 (LSI-11 compatible, to be specific) with QBus inside...