06-09-2014, 10:38 PM
As I am in the tropics now working this weeks on a project for one of our VMware partners, and with nothing to do but browsing the net at the evenings, I found a HP-27S for sale at an irresistible price, despite showing some wear in the front display area.
So I bought it right away.
As this model is overlooked in favor of the traditional RPN models, I decided that it was time to have this sort of algebraic HP calculator in my collection for a change.
Apparently its set of do it all features are enough to take on most of the other HP calculators of its time, almost as powerful as the 42S on scientific features, and showing the shortcomings of machines like the 32S series.
Its only sin is that it can't RPN... despite this, I see the high asking prices, perhaps because it is a rare machine these days?
So I bought it right away.
As this model is overlooked in favor of the traditional RPN models, I decided that it was time to have this sort of algebraic HP calculator in my collection for a change.
Apparently its set of do it all features are enough to take on most of the other HP calculators of its time, almost as powerful as the 42S on scientific features, and showing the shortcomings of machines like the 32S series.
Its only sin is that it can't RPN... despite this, I see the high asking prices, perhaps because it is a rare machine these days?