How do you like the HP 34C?

[Jeff_Kearns]

[/quote]
In this forum, Texas Instruments is not regarded very highly, but they never made anything like those late 30-series HPs, at least not in the 70ies and early 80ies.
[/quote]

While the Spice series is not as well constructed as some other models, I have to say that my HP-32E and HP-34C calculators function perfectly with no signs of weakness (except for a small hairline crack in the case of the 34C near the battery door). They have perfect key-bounce and are reliable machines. The Texas Instruments TI-30, however, does not come close to the construction quality of Spice calculators. It is by far the cheapest and most unreliable calculator I have in my collection. The keys bounce like crazy (if they register at all) and I wouldn't claim that TI never made poor quality devices in the 70s.