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33s initial impressions Message #1 Posted by Eric Lundgren on 17 Feb 2005, 11:14 p.m. Just bought two HP33s'. It seems like a pretty nice calculator so far. Compared to the 49g+, I'm very glad that I can fire off strings of numbers w/o missing any. IRT the complaints about how 26 LBLs' won't stretch to 31k, but...I'll use it to organize equation sets, for example: X-SECT PROP i-beam(wide) i=w*(d^3)/.... circ tube i=pi*(sq(b)-sq.... BEAM DEFLECT pt load at a d=pl^3/(3EI) and so on.. Also, I was unaware that branching, conditional programming structures were supported. Size of case is ok as well.

Re: 33s initial impressions Message #2 Posted by Karl Schneider on 18 Feb 2005, 1:15 a.m., in response to message #1 by Eric Lundgren Yes, the 33S is a capable calculator, based on the 32SII of 1991, which in turn was based on the 32S of 1988. The 31kB of RAM allows the user to retain a library of equations and programs. Quite frankly, though, I would have been much more pleased with a RPN-only 32SII with 8 kB RAM and complete complex-number functionality. -- KS

Re: 33s initial impressions Message #3 Posted by Erik Ehrling (Sweden) on 18 Feb 2005, 6:48 a.m., in response to message #2 by Karl Schneider Quote: Quite frankly, though, I would have been much more pleased with a RPN-only 32SII with 8 kB RAM and complete complex-number functionality. Sounds like a 42S... :-) Regards, Erik Ehrling (Sweden)

32SII+8kB =/ 42S Message #4 Posted by Karl Schneider on 19 Feb 2005, 4:46 a.m., in response to message #3 by Erik Ehrling (Sweden) Quote: Quite frankly, though, I would have been much more pleased with a RPN-only 32SII with 8 kB RAM and complete complex-number functionality. Sounds like a 42S... :-) Yes, those are two attributes of the 42S, but what I suggested was still quite different: No matrix functions No named variables No character strings no numbered registers No IR output No bit-wise logical operations Simpler (but less capable) programming One-line (but much more legible) display -- KS

Re: 33s initial impressions Message #5 Posted by Fubar Vikinghelmet on 18 Feb 2005, 9:40 a.m., in response to message #1 by Eric Lundgren How do you plan to get around the limits of 26 labels? I've found that, like you, equation sets is the way to go - partly, though organizing them and parsing through the (so far) 80 equations I've kept is tedious.

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