New toy - cheap!

[Brad Barton]

Kicking around central Florida because of the HCC conference, and my wife asks to stop at a Goodwill she spotted when traveling through Lake Nona. Imagine my surprise when it pays off with a new addition to the collection. It was in a baggie with other office supplies like pocket notebooks and staples. It's only a 12C, but I haven't found an HP in the wild for a long time.

[Mike T.]

With the very rare low battery indicator too ...!

:-)

[Steve Simpkin]

(10-10-2023 07:48 PM)Mike T. Wrote:  With the very rare low battery indicator too ...!

:-)

Watch out! In my experience once the low battery indicator shows up, you only have a year or two to change the batteries before they are completely dead

[Brad Barton]

(10-10-2023 07:48 PM)Mike T. Wrote:  With the very rare low battery indicator too ...!

This IS rare. I don't think I've seen a low battery indicator on a Voyager in a few decades.

[HP-12C]

Looks like it has only had light use and wear, nice find!

Here in Australia at the charity and OP shops I only ever find TI BAII's in the $5 sections, have never found any vintage HP's.

[Valentin Albillo]

(10-10-2023 03:47 AM)Brad Barton Wrote:  It's only a 12C, [...]

What do you mean "only a 12C" !? Have you really no idea what that little calc can do ?

Have a look at these PDF articles to find out for yourself:

Long Live the HP-12C, (6-page article, includes a program to play a game of Bridge-It vs. the HP-12C)

Tried and Tricky Trigonometrics, (10-page article, fits all 6 trigonometric functions accurately in a single program)

HP-12C Serendipitous Solver, (8-page article, finds roots of, and evaluates, Nth-degree polynomials quickly and accurately)

Congratulations on your new "toy". Enjoy !
V.