Salvaging the HP-33s and 35s

[Jeff O.]

(04-02-2014 09:23 PM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  So, what are the workarounds for the infamous 33s/35s bugs?

I use a 35s quite frequently. In my typical everyday use, the bugs are never an issue. The 35s handles complex values nicely, but suffers from some display and functional deficiencies (e.g., you cannot use the square root function on a complex value, you must raise it to the 0.5 power.)

Some people really like the 33s in spite of (or maybe just ignoring) its "unique" appearance.

The worst bug, IMHO, shared by both models is no. 15 on Pauli's list, in which a program will lock up if an equation is used as a prompt without a pause instruction after the equation. So watch for that if you write any programs.