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HP32Sii - information Message #1 Posted by Artur - Brazil on 19 Sept 2004, 11:18 a.m. Hi, Does anybody has some information about the HP32Sii calculator with a alluminum bezel (not the brown one) ? Best regards Artur

Re: HP32Sii - information Message #2 Posted by Norris on 19 Sept 2004, 1:32 p.m., in response to message #1 by Artur - Brazil The original 32SII had a brown bezel around the display and orange and blue labels above the keys. It was packaged inside a box. At some point the 32SII was redesigned. The newer version had a silver bezel around the display, and green and purple labels above the keys. It came in a see-through plastic blister pack. Perhaps the redesigned version was thought to look better in the new packaging.

Thanks!!! Message #3 Posted by Artur - Brazil on 19 Sept 2004, 9:11 p.m., in response to message #2 by Norris .

Re: Thanks!!! Message #4 Posted by Norris on 20 Sept 2004, 12:54 a.m., in response to message #3 by Artur - Brazil You can see both versions of the 32SII here In this case, the "old" brown-bezel 32SII was manufactured in Singapore in 1992. The web page indicates that the "new" silver-bezel 32SII was manufactured in Indonesia in 1991. However, I suspect that the date code on the silver-bezel model may have been misinterpreted, and that it may actually have been manufactured in 2001.

Re: Thanks!!! Message #5 Posted by Norris on 20 Sept 2004, 11:23 a.m., in response to message #4 by Norris There is an earlier post in this forum about 32SII variants here Don't know exactly when the switch from brown-bezel to silver-bezel occurred. My 32SII is a brown-bezel with a serial number that implies manufacture in Indonesia in 1998. I would assume that the switch was sometime between 1998 and 2001

Re: HP32Sii - information Message #6 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 20 Sept 2004, 8:59 a.m., in response to message #2 by Norris Hi, one small addition: The silver-bezel 32SII also came in a cardboard box, at least in Europe. The box is blue, with a very bad photograph of the calculator on it. I assume the carton graphics designer was forced to jump from a bridge... Raymond

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