HP Forum Archive 15

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33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #1 Posted by I, Claudius on 3 July 2005, 12:08 a.m. Stopped in the brand new Walmart in Socorro, New Mexico the other day. In the calc section was an HP33s. If it's made it to Socorro, it must be everywhere!

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #2 Posted by Dave Shaffer on 3 July 2005, 12:21 a.m., in response to message #1 by I, Claudius Well, possibly contrary to your first impression, there are a LOT of scientists (and engineers) in Socorro! First, that is the home of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (with lots of scientists and engineers, and students aspiring to the same). Second, it is the home of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Array Operations Center (AOC). As I noted in my comments about scientists at NRAO using HP calculators, NRAO has a long tradition of HP calculators. There are some 30-40 PhD radio astronomers associated with the AOC, most of whom grew up using HP. I would not be surprised if it turned out that Socorro has one of the highest ratios of PhD scientists and engineers to the general population compared to anywhere in the US. (Perhaps exceeded only by Los Alamos, New Mexico, about 200 miles to the north!)

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #3 Posted by Frank on 3 July 2005, 6:02 a.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Shaffer I think Huntsville, AL. may have the Ph.D. density honor, but it is all dependent on how it is measured.

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #4 Posted by I, Claudius on 3 July 2005, 8:25 a.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Shaffer I am very aware of New Mexico Tech, I was there at an orientation on July 1. Edited: 3 July 2005, 8:38 a.m.

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #5 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 3 July 2005, 2:25 p.m., in response to message #1 by I, Claudius Ave, Claudius! The two Walmart stores, here in Curitiba, capital of Paraná State, southern Brazil, don't have them yet. Early this year I complained in their site about this. The next day the manager called me and she promissed they would be available soon... I bought one to my son in an imported items stores, it cost about USD 120.00 :-( (The older model with tiny decimal point. Fortunately we use comma as fraction mark here)

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #6 Posted by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. on 3 July 2005, 3:27 p.m., in response to message #5 by Gerson W. Barbosa I have seen the 33S in Wal-marts in Largo, Florida and Brevard, NC. I hoped to find one in the SAM's Club at Ashville, NC (and perhaps with the usual SAM's Club price break) but I couldn't find one there. At both the Largo and Brevard stores the decimal points were far too small to be easily read with these 76 year old eyes. I'll have to wait for a solution to that deficiency.

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #7 Posted by ECL on 3 July 2005, 8:20 p.m., in response to message #6 by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. California has them. I'm currently at NASA Langley in Viginia, they're here at WMart too. Large decimal pt. ~50.00US ECL

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #8 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 3 July 2005, 8:43 p.m., in response to message #6 by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. Quote: At both the Largo and Brevard stores the decimal points were far too small to be easily read with these 76 year old eyes. I'll have to wait for a solution to that deficiency. Since last year I've been noticing a difficulty to read the numbers in my calculators. I know presbyopia is normal as we age, but I'd expect it to appear a little later (I'm about to get 44). By the pictures of the 33S display posted here some time ago, I would say it was not this time HP solved its deficiency. I just hope they have not ordered too many of these new displays... Regards Edited: 3 July 2005, 8:44 p.m.

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #9 Posted by Ed Look on 3 July 2005, 11:40 p.m., in response to message #8 by Gerson W. Barbosa Not that I vehemently object to the small decimal point of my older 33S, but I wonder if they might accept a trade-in for the newer one with the larger decimal point.

Re: 33s Must Be EveryWhere Message #10 Posted by sjthomas on 5 July 2005, 2:45 p.m., in response to message #8 by Gerson W. Barbosa Quote: Since last year I've been noticing a difficulty to read the numbers in my calculators. I know presbyopia is normal as we age, but I'd expect it to appear a little later (I'm about to get 44). Actually, Gerson, 44 is a bit late for the onset of presbyopia (which depends somewhat on your distance refraction and a few other factors). Consider yourself lucky -- I was 39 when I started requiring near correction. sjthomas (o.d.)

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