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HP 32SII with the colors of purple and green Message #1 Posted by Ashley on 9 Jan 2003, 10:03 p.m. I am currently on my high school calculator applications team and I was given a HP 32SII calculator but it was different than our other ones. It had the exact same keys but the colors of the wording on it were purple and green. I lost it over the summer and my teacher told me that HP only made it for one year and it was worth over $400. I find that hard to believe. Could anyone please tell me if that is true? If it isn't, what is the real value? Thanks for any kind of help. Ashley

Re: HP 32SII with the colors of purple and green Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 9 Jan 2003, 11:38 p.m., in response to message #1 by Ashley Hi, Ashley. In fact, HP kept producing the HP32S for three years and the HP32SII for more than ten years. And the US$400,00 price was reached when the HP32SII stopped being produced, an artificial, collector's raised price. Average price during the last year of production was around US$60,00. (the lower I saw for a new machine was US$39.90) Purple and cyan letters and corresponding shift-keys colors were added in the last series, same functionality instead. The only difference was the country were it was produced: Indonesia. It is also referred to as "silver-bezel type. Many users also complain for the quality and key-feeling. I did not use it yet, but I believe it's true, based in other Indonesian models I have. The HP32S, a predecessor, was produced from 1988 to 1991. The HP32SII was introduced in 1991 and ceased production in 2002. Hope this helps. Best regards. Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil)

Re: HP 32SII with the colors of purple and green Message #3 Posted by Paul Brogger on 10 Jan 2003, 10:36 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ashley Look on eBay (especially "Completed Items") for recent actual prices of HP-32SII's. I doubt many (if any) have gone for $400.00 . THe value of a mass-produced item is generally what it takes to replace it, and I think you should be able to replace a 32SII for much less than $400. I should think that the colors on the keypad don't affect the calculator's utilty for high school math. If your teacher is fixated on $400, I've got a near-mint unit I'll gladly part with for that price . . .

Re: HP 32SII with the colors of purple and green Message #4 Posted by David Smith on 10 Jan 2003, 4:08 p.m., in response to message #1 by Ashley The machines with the purple and green keys were later production models. It is generally agreed that they were of much poorer quality compared to earlier ones.

Re: HP 32SII with the colors of purple and green Message #5 Posted by Kelvin Hunter on 10 Jan 2003, 5:58 p.m., in response to message #4 by David Smith I've got a recent HP32Sii, with green and white colours (made in Indonesia). I'm not sure if this is the same as previous references. I can confirm that the keyboard quality is horrific. I believe this has been mentioned before, 'sticky keys' etc. I used to have an HP-35, but lost it a while ago. The keyboar d was _much_ better.

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