I was bored and found a HP-27S

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(06-10-2014 02:10 AM)Katie Wasserman Wrote:  

(06-09-2014 11:37 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  Shortcomings of 32s? I'll take programmability over TVM any day.

You know I love the 32s/ii and programming it, but I have to say that I bought a 27s when it first came out and I loved playing with it, it's not just TVM

It has a the solver with L() and G() that work -- same as the original 17b/ii, access to the various list-based items, trig functions, appointments, base conversion, printing. It's quite nice, except for lacking RPN.

I agree with Katie, a very nice machine. I would say its the nicest algebraic machine HP has made (excluding RPL machines which some folks classify as Algebraic, despite the inherent sin of doing so). It has all the key features of the 19B/19BII, but in a Pioneer form factor (Who ever used that Text notepad feature in the 19B anyhow?)

They seem to have been somewhat rare, but they do show up on TAS often, though frequently in poor shape.