If you were out to buy a calculator - one that's no longer being manufactured - would you chance buying a used calculator ?
Bought a used 48gii that I'm fairly certain someone attempted to repair. Tested a few HMS??DD and trig functions, it works fine but, there's a rubber matting that sets under the keys that is missing. The keys are loose and have to be pressed with care, and when you shake it, it sounds like a box of tic-tacs.
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I suppose that's alright though.
What choice is there but used, the premium on a mint item would be too much.
I have a 32SII with a broken number 5 key, every once in a while I play with the idea of attempting a repair but never work up the motivation. If you are in the market let me know, who needs 5 anyway.
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What choice is there but used
yeah it's pretty much a Hobson's Choice type of affair. Guess I was wondering if wasted their time with the fits-and-starts of buying unknown things.
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Think I've only seen an HP32 once.
I have a HP42 that I very rarely use I would sell it for a few of those premiums if you so desire.?ÿ
check for a mobile app first. i have one for a hp 11c that works exactly like the original at a tenth the cost
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check for a mobile app first. i have one for a hp 11c that works exactly like the original at a tenth the cost
every once in a while I play with the idea of attempting a repair but never work up the motivation.
That's never really worked for me. This is the second HP I've got my hands on
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I hereby promise to never try that again.
Thank you, Steve. I will make do with the 48. I know where the keys and menus have disappeared to.
Thanks. That's clever as hell. Still have my $14 flip phone.
Anybody have a TDS card they want to trade for a SMI card?
I use the RLM Tools 11C emulator on my iPhone, it's all I could ever want in a calculator.
I am a slave to the HP line and buy when I see them. I have an 11c, 35s and 48GX with SMI card on my desk that all get used. Ocassionally I fire up the 9815a Dan M sent me.
When you find one google the self-test routine for that model. It's getting harder to have repairs done and starting out broken isn't going to end well...
Hp had a re release of the 15c for a while. I bought one and the keys did not have that classic feel that they used to have.
I do have one hp48gx with smi and the enter key lost its oomf on one side. I do have a new hp48gx in the box that I bought back in 98 that I use sparingly just to make sure it still works for when my current one no longer works.
I also use the hp35s but it went into a boot loop from the batteries dying. I lost all my programming and it really hasn't been used much since then. Check your batteries and check them often!
I'm in the market for a 41c. I have the surveying program card. Being 43 years old, I saw them at the very tail end of their use because the 48 took over, but I'm a sucker for old tech.
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I still have a working HP-35 in it's original case. I think it was the first calculator with built in trig functions. ?????ÿ
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Here's a pic of my HP35. It sits under the lamp right here on my desk although I haven't turned it on in years.
I thought I had lost it in the field and was sick about it. It cost sooo much I was unable to replace it and picked up a TI-30. About six months later I cleaned out the survey van and found my HP crammed under a seat. I was happy to have back my reverse polish logic.
I think mine cost around $400 in 1970 (or 2 sets of Cragar mags). I thought, at the time, it was the greatest invention since women. Took better care of the HP than I did my car. I'll make the broad assumption you are very familiar with Latitudes, departures, and trig tables. Bet ya some on here don't know wtf we are rambling about. RPN forever, 86 the = sign. ????
My original HP 35 sits on my desk, I just untangled the power cord and plugged it in. The on/off button is getting sensitive, by when I find it's happy place it lights up and works. It was just under $400 when I bought in in 1972, as a senior at Lehigh University. It gave me a heads up on the other students with their slide rules and I earned 21 credits in that semester, so it covered it's cost. In it's most useful lifetime I bought several rechargeable battery packs. When I could no longer buy them, I took one battery pack apart and used it with 3 AAs instead. When I got my first HP11C I?ÿ no longer used it in the field, so I kept it on my desk using only the charging adaptor for power. After the HP 35 I convinced my father to get an HP 25 for his survey calculations. After I bought my 11C and an HP41CX with the Survey I module, I bought my father an HP11C, which he was more comfortable with than the 41 and was writing all calculations out anyway. After his passing I inherited than one and later it was pilfered from the desk in an engineering office I was working in. Then my original 11C got funky in the keys and I did not want to pay the price of used 11Cs costing 3 times the new price I paid. Instead I bought a used HP10C and swapped the key pads. The HP10C was kept in production many years after the 11C and I have seen more radiation nurses using in than financial gurus. Financial formulas also work for radiation series accumulation.
I convinced my son to get a new HP35s for the PE exam.He did not like RPN, after passing the exam he handed it back to me. Used it for a few years and then it died. Of course that was after a prism rod point put a dent in the screen. These days my first go to calculator on my desk is a used HP 48 SX, the 11C is in my field bag. My wife is comfortable with RPN and has balanced a lot of check books over the years with it.?ÿ
Paul in PA
I bought a 15C to go back to school in the fall of 1981, and won one as a prize about 1983, so had one at home and one at the office.?ÿ They both still work and get frequent use.
I was cleaning out an old briefcase today and found an HP12.?ÿ I have a 12, 32 and 41CV.?ÿ I still have trouble with any calculator with an equal sign.
Andy
