Returning to the HP fold

[Don Shepherd]

(03-11-2016 06:54 PM)ehans Wrote:  Glad I found this forum. I have a pair of HP 17bII (the one where they added back RPN, but it isn't the + model) that are both at least 25 years old, and perform like new.

I had in college a 19bii but the batteries were a pain to find - those weird N cells - and expensive.

I hope these two last me another 20 years until I retire because it doesn't look like HP is really interested in developing these anymore. I never could get into the 12c for some reason.

No one makes calculator buttons like HP used to, that is for sure. :-)

Those 17bii's will likely last a lifetime. I have a few too and really enjoy using their solver application for writing simple programs. The guys who wrote the solver were brilliant. These calculators were superbly engineered.