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Just received a HP35s
02-06-2015, 01:15 PM
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(02-06-2015 10:31 AM)Derek W Wrote:  The 35s has been my everyday calculator on my desk since I bought it in around 2007. I prefer its 2-line display to the single line of my 15CLE, and it's less cumbersome for run of the mill calculations than my 50g.

That's exactly my impression as well.

(02-06-2015 10:31 AM)Derek W Wrote:  Some users have reported heavy battery consumption, but mine is only on about its 3rd set from new.

Here it's the fifth set since late 2007. With everyday use, a battery set lasts for more than a year. I think that's far from "heavy consumption".

(02-06-2015 10:31 AM)Derek W Wrote:  Most of the items in the bug list don't affect the sort of work I do, but the one that does annoy me is the disappearing exponent for numbers <1 in ALL mode (no 9 on the list). As an engineer working on practical projects, I rarely need more than about three siginificant figures in the mantissa, but an error by a factor of 10 could be serious.

I think we should not blame the 35s here. In any case it displays an "E" at the right display border, so you know there is an exponent – yes, it's out of the display, and I also do not like the switch to SCI display for any value below 1 (that's why I use the WP34s in ALL 3 mode). But with the limited number of display digits there is no other choice except reducing the mantissa digits. Remember, the mode is called ALL, not MOST or SOME. ;-)

(02-06-2015 10:31 AM)Derek W Wrote:  As an engineer working on practical projects, I rarely need more than about three siginificant figures in the mantissa, but an error by a factor of 10 could be serious.

Then simply set the 35s to SCI 3 or ENG 3, or use its default setting FIX 4. That's what worked for generations of 67/97/41C/15C users – they simply had no ALL mode.

(02-06-2015 10:31 AM)Derek W Wrote:  I think the hardware quality is very good, it's just a pity that the firmware bugs couldn't be ironed out, for contractual reasons that Tim W has described in earlier posts.

It's a pity that the (real) bugs were not detected during tests before production started. I wonder what kind of tests HP did (or usually does) before a calculator is ready to be marketed. Maybe someone with insight may comment on this.

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Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 09:26 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-06-2015, 09:43 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - walter b - 02-06-2015, 10:23 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Derek W - 02-06-2015, 10:31 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - kusmi - 02-06-2015, 10:44 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - ElectroDuende - 02-06-2015, 12:48 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Dieter - 02-06-2015 01:15 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-06-2015, 04:57 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Derek W - 02-07-2015, 05:29 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 01:09 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Dieter - 02-06-2015, 01:27 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 01:54 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Maro - 02-06-2015, 03:33 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 04:18 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Maro - 02-06-2015, 04:48 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 05:28 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-06-2015, 05:55 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-07-2015, 01:05 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - r. pienne - 02-07-2015, 01:22 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-07-2015, 01:46 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - John Galt - 02-08-2015, 03:49 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-07-2015, 05:42 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-07-2015, 08:05 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-09-2015, 06:44 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - walter b - 02-09-2015, 10:30 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-10-2015, 06:13 AM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Tugdual - 02-10-2015, 02:11 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - John Galt - 02-10-2015, 02:54 PM
RE: Just received a HP35s - Thomas Radtke - 02-09-2015, 11:31 AM



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