Re: Photo gallery of new HP-35s

richwood wrote:
On Aug 25, 12:57 pm, jrc <jrch...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, after looking at the hype - 35th anniv of hp 35 etc - and the
info on the calculator itself, not to mention photos, I bought one
just for old times' sake. Obviously it is a huge improvement on the
original, yet as Mike notes, has some of the physical features of
the original 35. I think it will replace, in my opinion, the 'best'
calculator ever, the Hp 42s. It has the two-line display, hopefully
not the abysmal decimal point of the 33s, and a much larger memory
than the 42s. On the downside, I gather (has not arrived yet) that
the program labels are limited to 26 single letters. Even the 42s
has the ability to compose label strings.

OTOH, the new 35s has the 'goto' feature - the ability to branch
to line numbers. This much-hated (by c-programmers, those who
program in the write-only languages of c and c+) feature is very
desirable (see "Beware of 'Beware of GOTO'" online...). A welcome
return of a very useful feature; those who would jam "structured
programming' down the throat of us small-program writers must be
furious - good.

jrc



Mike M. wrote:
Hello,
After recently receiving my new 35s, I decided to take a few photos of
it before getting it all grungy, since I will be using it as my day-to-
day work calculator. It is indeed a *very* handsome looking device in
person and I am nowhere near as bothered by the four arrow keys as I
thought I would be. The return to the pre-Pioneer series keys
featuring sloped fronts with function labels really helps to unclutter
the calculator's keyboard and makes using it, at least initially, far
more pleasant with less squinting and hunting around for the right
key. The keys have a nice smooth feel with a light tactile click and
so far, no hint of missed keys or ddoubled keystrokes.
Hopefully these shots manage to portray some of its distinguished good
looks...
http://mikemander.servehttp.com:8008/sublime_new/hp35s/
I would very much like to see an "HP-51g" successor to the 50g with a
redesigned keyboard similar to the 35s (traditional ENTER, sloped
front keys, raised lip on the calculator's sides), even if that were
the only change.
Some firewalls will probably take offense at the non-standard port
used on my image gallery, but since my ISP is blocking port 80, I have
no choice for my server at home. Apologies if this causes anyone
difficulty...
Best Regards,
Mike Mander- Hide quoted text -
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The 35s programming is much closer related to the 32s program
structure than the 41C and 42S programming format. The 26 maximum
labels, and limiting them to single letters A through Z, is IMO stupid
in a unit with 32K of memory. It makes it difficult to remember what
a particular program does. At least the 41C series and 42S allowed a
identifying word as the global label for a program. I like the 42s
well enough so I have 3 of them, two purchased on a special sale of
service repair units after normal production had stopped.

With the limited number of functions and the limits on programming I
do not feel that the 35s can replace the 42s but I am hoping that a
version with an SD card slot, USB port for communications, 42s
instruction set and other enhancements is in the works.

Nice enhancements to a true replacement for the 42s would include
automatic program transfer to SD card memory, quartz clock with time
functions and 64K RAM in addition to the items mentioned above.

Rich W

Well, I have to agree almost totally with Rich. I too would like to
see all that in a new 42s. But getting it is pretty unlikely.

The 33s was a nice try, but also has single-letter labels and the
decimal point is so tiny as to be unusable, in my opinion. In fact,
I never use mine and almost threw it in the trash. May yet. Not
worth postage to send it anywhere else.

jrc
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