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HP-17BII+ serial
02-02-2016, 09:03 PM
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RE: HP-17BII+ serial
The 17BII+ (Silver) is a very nice machine overall, in fact this it what sits on my desk for daily "analysis" like balancing my checkbook. Feels nice, plenty fast, clock, alarms (like a I need another thing telling me I'm late), legible LCD, beautiful (to my eye at least).

But, for any solver activity, use the 17B or 17BII as Don has said. The newer machine is simply not reliable, or at the very least, not properly documented, to be useful for this application. And it's the worst kind of unreliable in that it doesn't produce error messages, it just delivers wrong answers that it presents as correct answers.

Over the years, many folks have "found a way to make it work right" but in the end, none have proven generally reliable.

Best solution: Have (at least) one of each for the different tasks.

The 27S is also reliable for solver use (as verified above I believe) but being Algebraic only, I simply can't do 'normal' calculations on it. Still love it though.

The best hypothetical non-42S Pioneer would be a 27S, in a 17BII+(S) chassis, with RPN. MANY folks here would buy one immediately. Or maybe 2. Or maybe more?

--Bob Prosperi
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HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-01-2016, 12:19 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-01-2016, 01:26 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-01-2016, 03:24 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-01-2016, 04:45 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - rprosperi - 02-01-2016, 11:21 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Didier Lachieze - 02-02-2016, 01:07 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-02-2016, 02:42 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-02-2016, 03:36 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-02-2016, 04:38 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-02-2016, 05:56 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-02-2016, 02:40 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-02-2016, 06:22 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-02-2016, 07:15 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Elwin - 02-02-2016, 09:25 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Elwin - 02-03-2016, 01:51 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-03-2016, 02:21 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - rprosperi - 02-02-2016 09:03 PM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - tomisan - 02-15-2016, 08:09 AM
RE: HP-17BII+ serial - Don Shepherd - 02-15-2016, 10:14 PM



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