

- Hewlett packard hp 32sii rpn scientific calculator serial number#
- Hewlett packard hp 32sii rpn scientific calculator manual#
Unlike most previous models, this one checked for duplicate labels and produced an error message. (Like A01.) For very long functions, the next 100 lines were displayed as A.01-A.99 and the next hundred as A,01-A,99. To aid in navigating programs, line numbers began with the most recent label followed by two digits. The calculator used label addressing and allowed subroutine nesting to seven levels deep.

The programming features were impressive for a calculator of its price. This was handy for debugging since it didn't affect the stack. A single variable could be displayed without entering it on the stack by pressing VIEW followed by the letter. All the variables could be scanned with the VAR command. The letters A-Z where printed to the sides of the keys. When RCL or STO was pressed, an A.Z annunciator appeared. The lettered variables were not allocated from memory until used and they could be individually deallocated by simply storing 0 in them. While these variables were used in much the same way as numeric registers, they were more than just a relabeling. The calculator used the 27 lettered variables A-Z and i (indirection) rather than numbered variables. The Functions that could be prefixed with CMPLX were:īecause there was no complex "mode" and no "complex stack" as on the HP-15C, complex numbers were each entered into two levels of the normal stack. Instead of the HP-15C's complex mode, the HP-32S had just one mode but allowed the CMPLX key to be used as a prefix to the other functions in much the same way other calculators used HYP or ARC prefixes on trigonometric functions.

Hewlett packard hp 32sii rpn scientific calculator manual#
A note on the title page of the manual indicates that that the object was purchased October 13, 1994, for $62.95 (including shipping).
Hewlett packard hp 32sii rpn scientific calculator serial number#
The serial number indicates a date of manufacture of February (sixth week) of 1994 (thirty-four years from 1960). A mark below it reads: SINGAPORE 3406S89420 (/) CE 91 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1987.

A compartment at the top of the back holds three button cell batteries. A mark above this reads: hp (/) HEWLETT (/) PACKARD. Marks above the display read: 32SII and: RPN SCIENTIFIC. Results were calculated to twelve-digit precision and displayed either as common numbers or in scientific notation. The functions of the calculator are described in detail in the accompanying manual. One is indicated in white atop the key, one (often a letter) in white to the lower right of the key on the keyboard, one in orange to the upper left of the key on the keyboard and one in blue on the upper right of the key on the keyboard. Most of them can take on four different meanings. Object Details Hewlett-Packard Company Description This handheld programmable scientific calculator has an array of thirty-five plastic keys. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
