It is supposed to be a capital A on top of a couple of corner braces. If you press SHIFT it turns into an S. On the fx-9750GIII you can use both upper and lowercase and the cursor has a lowercase a when in lowercase alpha mode. That said, it is pretty much a dong.

Thank you, @paradoxmo@penfount.social! I was way more worried that I was doing something wrong than anything else. Both the Lamy 2k and Sailor inks are highly regarded, so I’m the weakest link here. I had no idea that the Manyo inks would change like that, but now that I know I’ll see it as something to appreciate instead of panic over. Thanks, again!

That was a fascinating find! Thank you for sharing it! I would have figured that the calculator would have been the focal point of the in-class demonstration, but they really showed it as being a supplement to the lecture. Great little time capsule!

Nerds to the rescue!

I love that print!

That is an awesome bit of kit! Amazing that it has non-volatile memory for the five accounts even though it’s that old.

You should post this in the calculator community!

You have a knack for finding the perfect level of snark in your writing. Beautiful!

That is awesome! How different is the user experience between the two firmwares? Is it a really big jump in QoL, or is it just kind of nice?

That is phenomenal! My first graphing calculator was the only thing on my Christmas list when I was 14, I still have it, and it is still precious to me. I hope that he enjoys it!

Ding ding ding!

I hope that I remember to take out the batteries before then. That would suck to get the whole place set up and then have a whole corner coated in battery acid due to my own negligence.

It’s one of the reasons that I love collecting them. They all have their unique flavors and quirks!

Another beautiful review! Too bad the pen is such a lemon, because you make it look so nice!

That is a beauty! I have the fx-115W from about the same era, and it is a lovely looking machine. I think that if we’re going off of pure aesthetics, I’d have to put the fx-9750GIII at the top of my list for Casios.

I’ll have to see if there’s a deep dive on that somewhere. It sounds fascinating!

That’s a whole line of pretty calculators there! Is the magnetic reader on the top of the unit?

That’s a great looking machine!

You got written up in The Register! That is amazing, wonderful, and awesome! Congratulations! https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/21/hp_12c_calculator_mystery

My second fountain pen was a Kuratake 13, and I love it! I’ve been using it daily for more than a year and had no problems with it at all. I’ve used it with Diamine Ancient Copper, Robert Oster Deep Purple, and Organics Studio Santiago’s Sea. The only thing to be careful of is that it will get your fingers inky for the first week or so after a refill. The breather holes are above the brush and they seep for the first seven to ten days.