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17bii, 17bii+ and 30B, or "Why did the 30B die?"
08-02-2017, 06:39 AM
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RE: 17bii, 17bii+ and 30B, or "Why did the 30B die?"
Thanks for the reply Jim,

I'm thinking maybe it came down to sales figures, or profit margins or some other consideration such as this.

I've seen the 30B being sold new here, through eBay and through calculatorking, for $75. I don't think that it's a bad price. I think I paid about $60 for my 19B, and would be willing to pay more than that for a 19BII, so for a brand new 30B it's pretty good.

The 27S sounds nice, but algebraic drives me mad now, I have to think way too much about what I'm trying to calculate, and not start typing in numbers before operators. And as I'm going to be sticking with the 12C for uni, I'm not likely to want to make a switch.

Next trimester when I'm doing a finance subject I'm going to try and get one of the other HP models approved (I'm guessing 17BII, as 10B and 12C are already allowed) for use in the university. It's pretty crazy that they allow the 12C considering the things that can be done with programming, and I wonder how much attention they would pay to the 17BII+ solver function's abilities if they do consider it. I doubt that they would like the idea of allowing the 30B as it is now out of production.

Where did you get a serial cord to be able to convert to a WP34s? I probably won't do a 30B but if I can find a 20B cheap I might consider it, as a fun sort of project. And where did you buy the overlays from?


Thanks again,

Zac
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RE: 17bii, 17bii+ and 30B, or "Why did the 30B die?" - Zac Bruce - 08-02-2017 06:39 AM



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