![]() ![]() The programming example for the HP-32SII is one I originally wrote when I first received a "brown bezel" version of this machine. The button cells do a fine job powering the calculator, as indeed they have since the day the first Voyager series machines like the HP-15C were introduced. Which shouldn't be a surprise, since it already has three perfectly functional LR44 button cells installed in the appropriate location, so there really is no need for any AAA batteries. Yet no matter how hard I look, I cannot find any AAA batteries in this calculator. It is what is written on the package that caught my attention (actually, the attention of the kind chap in Spain who found this unit for me.) You see, the packaging (printed by the Hewlett-Packard Company) says the following on the back: No, I'm not referring to the fact that it is a blister pack: that we're already used to. That we live in penny-pinching times when it comes to mass produced goods is evident from the Spanish-language packaging of this HP-32SII that I just received. The only difference between this "silver bezel" version and the original HP-32SII is cosmetic: the colors of the metal bezel are more psychedelic, with the display surrounded by a silver rectangle. But a plain simple scientific calculator with RPN appears to be a thing of the past. Reverse Polish notation is not completely dead yet: it lives on in the form of the HP-12C and some not-yet discontinued graphing calculators with RPL programmability. Is it possible that I am holding the very last RPN calculator from Hewlett-Packard in my hands? I sure hope not, but with the recent discontinuation of the HP-32SII, for the first time in 30 years, Hewlett-Packard no longer sells a "reverse Polish" scientific calculator. Trig Exp Hyp Lreg Solv Intg Ab/c Cplx Cmem BaseN Standard deviation (1-variable statistics) Solv: Nickel-metal-hydrite rechargeable battery Prnt: Nickel-Cadmium rechargeable battery NiMH: In fact, I am about to sell my HP49G because the 35 makes its important functions more accessible while the 49's more powerful functions are better done on a computer.įor the record, I also own an HP17Bii financial, having the same form factor as the H32 and also a real favourite.Linear regression (2-variable statistics) mA: ![]() However, if you need more power then the 35 is superior, no doubt about it. I recommend the 32 as a great calculator, enormously reliable, fits in your shirt pocket more neatly than the 35 or later models and is functionally capable. The HP32 is a shade narrower, thinner, shorter and thus neater to hold, nicer to press, and has most of the functions of the 35. ![]() The HP35 is functionally superior and is cheaper. The 35S is really nice but today I found the HP32Sii in an obscure place. Over ten years on I lost the next one two weeks ago and bought an HP35S to replace it. Lost it on a plane in the 90s and went out to buy another as soon as I realised the loss could not be recovered. Notice that I do not own a 32s or sii.įirst the history: I purchased an HP32 back in 1988, after owning HP25 and HP29C. I own a 12C, a 15C, a 28S, 41CV, 33S (another failure), a 42S, 28s, 48SX, 48GX, a 49G (a backward step, more like backward run with hurdles, for HP), 49G+ (better than the 49G, but still behid the workmanship of 48GX), 35s and a 50G (Someone in HP decided to do somthing good after so many years of failures after the 48GX). I may pay more than $150 for a HP 42s or a 41CX than have way more use than the 33sii. Even the 1980s RPN (again on purpose due to those damn NCEE Nazis) look and operation. I know there are a lot of HP 32s and 33sii lovers out there, but if you need another go and get the 35s. The 33s did not have enough memory back then or today. The HP 35s has a lot of limitations (on purpouse so NCEE approved it) but at least it has more memory than you can really use. If you are looking to buy one for the EIT or PE, you just go ahead and get the HP 35s for $55 to $70. May be for a collector, but for a person that is going to be using it, it is just a plain waste of money. I find it ridicuolous to pay more than $50 in 2010 to own this. If you were going to go for an RPN calculator, you did whatever you need to do to get the HP 28C or HP 28S. Back in 1988 when I was an engineering student, this was not the norm. This was a nice calculator for highschool and highschool math competitions. ![]()
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