HP-34C – Happy Anniversary!

[Valentin Albillo]

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Happy Anniversary, indeed !

I got an HP-34C early (some weeks before it was released back in 1979), courtesy of HP, in order to create an HP Solutions book for it, namely Advanced Math, to be offered to people who would buy the machine.

I co-wrote it with my friend FdR in time for the release, and it was really great fun to create and document the 20 quality programs included in the book (we each wrote 10), so much so that I came to love the HP-34C.

Its hardware wasn't really classic HP quality, that was immediately noticeable having owned an HP-25 and an HP-67, but the looks were fine and the instruction set and programming capabilities were awesome for the price, most especially the Solve an Integrate functionality, you could really write truly useful, complex programs on it.

So, again, Happy 40th Anniversary HP-34C ! ... And thanks for all the fun !

V.
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