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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 10:46:50 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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   @gsuberland @astrid Do nixie tubes come in hex? Would settle for VFD tubes.

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     @astrid thinking something like this

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     @gsuberland in my head i have already gone "fuck it" and had pcb's fabbed so i am going with segment LEDs for the aesthetic

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 10:46:54 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     @astrid yeah I was thinking either LEDs for that or have a little row at the bottom of the LCD/OLED for it.

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     @gsuberland you know what would be neat. below the display, a row of leds one for each bit.

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 10:46:56 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     @astrid yeah I reckon it at least needs hardkeys for add, sub, mul, lsh, rsh, and, or, xor, not, parentheses, and equals. then shift keys for stuff like neg, idiv, rol/ror, pow, log, endian swap, popcnt, etc.

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     @gsuberland imo success criteria is:

     • big numbers, like 20mm high
     • all the functions you would see in a decent ALU (one that would make assembly hackers happy)
     • key layout:

     D E F
     A B C
     7 8 9
     4 5 6
     1 2 3
     0

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     @gsuberland when/if you find/build one, please let me know https://tiny.tilde.website/@astrid/111957807329410145

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 10:46:59 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     I usually just use calc.exe but there are times where a physical device offers a kind of... delineation of purpose (idk if that's the best term, this is hard to explain) that I find helpful in certain contexts.

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 10:47:01 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

     is anyone aware of a physical calculator (an actual one, with buttons) designed for working with integers, hex, and binary, with support for both arithmetic and binary operations?

     I'm looking for something with the simplicity of a basic calculator, with minimal cognitive effort to operate it, rather than something where I have to constantly press a bunch of buttons to switch modes or do anything useful.

     I could build one, I guess, if it doesn't exist (or if it costs silly money).