Introduction and Thankyou

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(07-18-2017 11:56 AM)Zac Bruce Wrote:  I've been lurking around this site for quite some time and thought it was about time to sign up, not because I have anything particularly to add to the discussions but more to say thank you to everyone for the discussions had here, and the wealth of knowledge about HP calculators.
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Now I've really caught the bug- I just bid a whole dollar on a slightly damage 19Bii that I look likely to win, and I'm already thinking about trying to collect all the business/financial models, or at least the RPN ones.

Welcome to the MoHPC Zac, thanks for the intro and background.

The 19BII (and all the other clamshell models except the vary late 19BII machines with door on back) have an unfortunate weak spot - the battery door, or more accurately the mounting slots that the door slides into; very frequently the 'door frame' is cracked or even broken, due to the constant pressure from the battery springs.

Check the listing photos carefully; if not shown, ask seller to add photos of the battery door area (with top open) to inspect. If all is OK, you will only see the fine seam between door and door-frame. Sometimes, even though the door frame may have cracks, it will still retain the door if handles carefully. If broken, there is unfortunately not much you can do, besides ugly tape or similar hacks.

Recommend the next machine to get is an HP-17BII, essentially the intended RPN successor of the 12C (though the 12C will not go away any time soon). They are plentiful, inexpensive, reliable, and excellent machines, with a very powerful, though initially arcane, solver to solve equations for any variable. There are MANY example articles here in the Forums (and in the old Forums here) that illustrate how to do amazing things with the solver.

Welcome to this interesting little corner of the universe.