HP-35 / 35th Anniversary Edition expected soon

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Looks like someone's out to screw up the ratings. Ones that are kind to HP are going negative, ones that mention something bad are going postive (in general). And maybe someone else is trying to correct? 42 votes and a 0 rating. That's why this rating of comments is just crap.

I worked for Esso Minerals

I worked for Esso Minerals in the Karroo, where our standard tool was the 67. I loved that machine!

We also used an IBM Series One--wonder whatever happened to THAT?

I later bought the 41cv. I lost it and still miss it.

Three cheers for RPN.

I used a non-programmable

I used a non-programmable HP32E in high school as programmable calculators were banned back then. In university I used a 41CV, which disappeared from my desk drawer at the company where I work. So I changed batteries on my 32E (AA fit into the pack if you cut it open) and use it to this day...

Another comment. At survey

Another comment. At survey school we used the 45 initially - and then the 25's the next year. When I bought it, it cost me 3 weeks wages! So it is a good thing that it still goes in 2007.

I used 41CX's at work for a while - as a data logger in the field, with its direct output to printers and tape drives. My employer hooked it up to a mainframe computer so we could do CAD work off it.

I still have my original

I still have my original HP25 from February 1977. I cleaned the contacts on the battery spring this morning, installed two new AA batteries, and fired it up! I was thinking of binning it yesterday, but today it works just fine! Not much electronic gear made since those days lasts anywhere near as long. I have not tested the original charger yet, as I have not put rechargeable AAs back into it yet. However, that may work as well.

I had a 15C at one stage - did not like it. Still use a 42C - not as friendly as the 25 though.

I have HP-49g. what a piece

I have HP-49g. what a piece of crap. I wrote carley at least 3 times about it and never got a reply. the keys are horrible, they got rid of the "rocker" keys and went with some rubber crap. they are hard to push and i get carpel knuckle syndrome using it. it has bad switch bounce so i had to put a tone on the key strokes to hear when something goes in twice or three times. the stupid thing gives an hour glass while it thinks even if you put in 2 enter 2 + can take up to 5 or 10 seconds to crunch that one.... piece of crap......

I've still got my 35 and my

I've still got my 35 and my 67 and while the 35 mostly gathers dust, the 67 still sits on my desk and gets daily use. The card reader doesn't pull cards any more and the batteries are no longer available but it runs on the AC just fine.

I wish I could get it repaired but HP says they don't do that. For almost $700 that I paid for it, it would be a nice gesture if they would.

I want to see what they come up with for the 35 anniversary -- I may just have to get one!

When the hp-35 first came

When the hp-35 first came out, SRI (then Stanford Resarch Institute) bought a half dozen, which we shared around the lab. Someone discovered that there was an error in the machine: If you took the log(2.02) and then the antilog, you did not get back 2.02 -- the answer came back something like 2.022, which is a significant error. HP traced down the source of error -- since memory was very expensive, they were using some of the registers for double duty -- storing data as well as instructions. They quickly offered to replace all of the calculators. SRI sent back the ones we had and they were replaced.

I've often thought how much I would like to have that old hp-35 with the log() error. That would be like owning that famous stamp with the upside-down airplane!

Those were the good old days!

Now I'm using an hp12C, which I have had for a long, long time.

I worked in my first office

I worked in my first office summer job as a 16-year old to buy my first HP calc in 1978 - the HP67.

I had to ask someone to buy it for me in New York because the UK price was so high. IIRC the UK price was GBP 320 whereas the US price was the equivalent of GBP 190.

Plus ca change!