New HP30b calculators on EBay

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I see that listing shows a 4CY05... serial number on the box.

I posted a thread a while ago (and I am too lazy to search for it now) asking if there were any of the 30b calcs with "decent" keyboards. As a result of that thread, I decided that the OLDER serial numbers seemed to have better keyboards. The ones I had tried before were notorious for missing keystrokes. I ordered one with a 4CY02... serial number and that one seemed better to me, but I'm sure it's luck of the draw, to some extent. The KB wasn't perfect, but it seemed more reliable to me.

A surprising side-benefit of the older serial number model was that the display was much nicer than the newer ones I had.

Dang it...here's the thread:
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-19914.html

The last post there shows the difference in displays.

I had no idea that the WP34S was ported to DM42 - I will have to check that out!