Scientific display in Calculator?

Is there anyway to have the display show scientific notation? If the number is less than the number of digits shown it just shows 0. As soon as you enter another number and the current number goes on the stack (in RPN lingo) it is shown in scientific notation. On HP calculators you can have the display use Fix, Sci, and Eng. The Decimal Places . . . command under View is only for Fix type display, anyway to set Sci for the display?

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Thanks for trying to be helpful. I well aware of nonpareil, which used to have a bug where you had to turn on the 15c, then off, then back on. If I am going to do anything major, I don't use a calculator, so I don't need anything fancy, the Apple calculator fills the bill. Another item is that Apple's shows the 4 elements of the stack, which is nice, instead of the 'realist' HP look alikes (and PCalc too).
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