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The Rise Of Fake Casio Scientific Calculators
(hackaday.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
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Do ppl still use dedicated scientific calculators in the age of pocket computers?
Does your pocket computer have physical buttons?
I suppose it could, if you wanted to carry a foldable USB or Bluetooth keyboard or keypad.
Scientific calculators were some of the first pocket computers.
The age of pocket computers ended with the Atari Portfolio. What we got now is the electronic form of Soma.
That's addressed in the video
Where I live, you can only bring dedicated calculators into the examination halls so yes.