I love my 32SII. When it stopped working I bought a 35S. It's a pretty good calculator but there are a couple of things that I don't like about it. The location of the execute key is not as well placed ergonomically as it is on the 32SII. And to execute a routine on the 35S, the ENTER key has to be pressed in the sequence, which adds an extra stroke. The 32SII only requires the XEQ key followed by the assigned key to run the routine. No Enter key required. I used the 35S for a few years and the Enter key crapped out so I bought another. But then I went on ebay and bought a 32SII and keep the 35S in the drawer as a backup. I miss my 41CV but I like the 32SII more.
I love my HP-32SII. I bought it 35 years ago (1987) and it’s pristine. And the battery lasts forever. Incredible quality. My HP-35… left-Shift and Enter became erratic after a couple of months.
The number of feet on the 32sii actually depends on when (and where) in the production cycle your particular unit was made. USA and Singapore models have four feet. The later Indonesian models only have the two feet....and are reportedly less reliable. (Nice videos....thanks for doing these.) :)
@@waynethorburn5712 Yes, we aren't counting that top strip as a foot. If you do count it, the US and Singapore models have a total of 5 'feet', and the Indonesian has 3. If you don't count it, the US and Singapore model have 4, and the Indonesian has 2. Regardless of how you count the feet, the 32sii is still a great calculator. :)
Thanks for the interesting video. I got my 33s in 2003 as my first RPN calculator and was mocked about it a lot by older colleagues who used previous models. (Yes, we were all engineers) So I got the 35s when it came out, simply because it looked so much better. Having had both calculators on my desk, I always used the fancy 35s when I felt posh and continued using the 33s whenever I actually had to calculate something. The arrangement of the keys makes so much more sense on the 33s. E.g., if you didn't know anything about calculators, where would you search for the enter-key? I certainly on the bottom right, not on the left somewhere in the middle. So the 35s has been sitting with empty batteries in my drawer for years, while I am still using the 33s all the time. While it's an eyesore and I do have several improvement ideas, it's still the best calculator ever made. At least for me...
La 32s es mucho más bella que la 32sII, sin embargo la 32sII tiene mucho más funciones y tiene otra variante en color con teclado verde y púrpura que la hacen también muy linda. Todas estas son programables y te van a encantar si deseas adquirir una de estas con el método RPN. Excelente video.
My HP 32SII is a little cutie. I also have a beautiful, immaculate 48GX, with all the physical programming books. When the 33S came out ...... ugh.... Is it true that RPN suffered when HP calculators became dual-mode?
@@michaellyons1313 The 48GX, was the last of the ENTER key models in its rightful place. That signified the end of HP as we knew it. From that point, it was no longer programmed in Assembly either. I haven't used an HP programmed with LISP, so I cannot compare them. I could never get a 42S because the prices are horrific. So it is likely to be Swiss Micros 42 and 41 I'll be purchasing as "daily drivers".
I own several hp 33s and hp35s. In my opinion the most annoying thing is the durability of the keys. Many of my calculators, in particularly the hp33s after a few months have the keys not reactive and I have to push them two or three times to get the digit. I don't know what to do about that.
@@CalculatorCulture yes, enough humidity in winter but the problem persists all the year. I know some people with the same problem. I have no.3 hp33s and no.2 hp35s all with the same keyboard issue. In my opinion it's just the quality construction of the keys that's very bad, compared to the old HP calculators.
Can you please tell me if in the HP33 (in ALG Mode) you can scroll through your calculation history with the UP arrow on the Home screen? /THANKS in advance!
Your opinion really helps, However you're speaking is very hard to understand, not enough voice variation or volume and to get around that I have to turn on closed captions. I did learn a few Tidbits, which I am grateful for.
At 8:48 I am completely baffled about what you are showing. The sin of 2.75 is about 1/12? No, that is just absurdly wrong. Yet I don't see how you got the calculator to act so weird.
Yes I suspect what happened was I had inadvertently changed the maximum demoninator setting to 12 and so 1/12 was the closest fraction the 32SII could display to 0.04797... but yes 0.083333 is wildly out. Apologies for the confusion.
Really nice concept and content. I could not enjoy the video because you mumbled throughout. Sorry if I'm being to critical. I'm sure you can operate the calculators better than I.
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I love my 32SII. When it stopped working I bought a 35S. It's a pretty good calculator but there are a couple of things that I don't like about it. The location of the execute key is not as well placed ergonomically as it is on the 32SII. And to execute a routine on the 35S, the ENTER key has to be pressed in the sequence, which adds an extra stroke. The 32SII only requires the XEQ key followed by the assigned key to run the routine. No Enter key required. I used the 35S for a few years and the Enter key crapped out so I bought another. But then I went on ebay and bought a 32SII and keep the 35S in the drawer as a backup. I miss my 41CV but I like the 32SII more.
I love my HP-32SII. I bought it 35 years ago (1987) and it’s pristine. And the battery lasts forever. Incredible quality.
My HP-35… left-Shift and Enter became erratic after a couple of months.
The number of feet on the 32sii actually depends on when (and where) in the production cycle your particular unit was made.
USA and Singapore models have four feet. The later Indonesian models only have the two feet....and are reportedly less reliable.
(Nice videos....thanks for doing these.) :)
My 32SII was made in Indonesia in 1987 and has 3 feet. The top strip is 2.5 in wide and the bottom two are almost an inch wide. It is very stable.
@@waynethorburn5712 Yes, we aren't counting that top strip as a foot. If you do count it, the US and Singapore models have a total of 5 'feet', and the Indonesian has 3. If you don't count it, the US and Singapore model have 4, and the Indonesian has 2. Regardless of how you count the feet, the 32sii is still a great calculator. :)
My 32SII has 4 feet at the bottom. It was made in the US. Never changed the batteries in it. Still working.
Thanks for the interesting video.
I got my 33s in 2003 as my first RPN calculator and was mocked about it a lot by older colleagues who used previous models. (Yes, we were all engineers) So I got the 35s when it came out, simply because it looked so much better. Having had both calculators on my desk, I always used the fancy 35s when I felt posh and continued using the 33s whenever I actually had to calculate something. The arrangement of the keys makes so much more sense on the 33s. E.g., if you didn't know anything about calculators, where would you search for the enter-key? I certainly on the bottom right, not on the left somewhere in the middle.
So the 35s has been sitting with empty batteries in my drawer for years, while I am still using the 33s all the time. While it's an eyesore and I do have several improvement ideas, it's still the best calculator ever made. At least for me...
like them all my daily calculator is 49G+ I have 32SII and 33S and 35S , used 32Sii for years but got damaged in accident love RPM bring it back
RPN
La 32s es mucho más bella que la 32sII, sin embargo la 32sII tiene mucho más funciones y tiene otra variante en color con teclado verde y púrpura que la hacen también muy linda. Todas estas son programables y te van a encantar si deseas adquirir una de estas con el método RPN. Excelente video.
Looking at the 33S makes my brain recoil. Such an unfortunate era of industrial design.
Totally agree.
¿Que tipo de batería usa la hp 32SII?
Use LR44 batteries. I think that type 357 may also be used.
My HP 32SII is a little cutie. I also have a beautiful, immaculate 48GX, with all the physical programming books. When the 33S came out ...... ugh....
Is it true that RPN suffered when HP calculators became dual-mode?
You've got a couple of great machines. Some people consider the 48G/GX series the peak of HP calculator perfection.
@@michaellyons1313 The 48GX, was the last of the ENTER key models in its rightful place. That signified the end of HP as we knew it. From that point, it was no longer programmed in Assembly either. I haven't used an HP programmed with LISP, so I cannot compare them. I could never get a 42S because the prices are horrific. So it is likely to be Swiss Micros 42 and 41 I'll be purchasing as "daily drivers".
I feel in a sense they did suffer. You have to make compromises to support both RPN and algebraic.
I own several hp 33s and hp35s. In my opinion the most annoying thing is the durability of the keys. Many of my calculators, in particularly the hp33s after a few months have the keys not reactive and I have to push them two or three times to get the digit. I don't know what to do about that.
That's interesting, I hadn't heard of that. Do you live in a humid place?
@@CalculatorCulture yes, enough humidity in winter but the problem persists all the year. I know some people with the same problem. I have no.3 hp33s and no.2 hp35s all with the same keyboard issue. In my opinion it's just the quality construction of the keys that's very bad, compared to the old HP calculators.
@@fabioa.565 yeah they are both made by Kinpo Electronics a Chinese manufacturer
Can you please tell me if in the HP33 (in ALG Mode) you can scroll through your calculation history with the UP arrow on the Home screen?
/THANKS in advance!
I don't have a 33S anymore but the 35S only supports editing the last expression entered (using the left arrow), I think the 33S is the same.
As long as it tells me what 2+2 is , I'm happy.
Your opinion really helps, However you're speaking is very hard to understand, not enough voice variation or volume and to get around that I have to turn on closed captions. I did learn a few Tidbits, which I am grateful for.
Yes I have a New Zealand accent that many North Americans have trouble with ruclips.net/video/zElInyBdLo0/видео.html
At 8:48 I am completely baffled about what you are showing. The sin of 2.75 is about 1/12? No, that is just absurdly wrong. Yet I don't see how you got the calculator to act so weird.
Yes I suspect what happened was I had inadvertently changed the maximum demoninator setting to 12 and so 1/12 was the closest fraction the 32SII could display to 0.04797... but yes 0.083333 is wildly out. Apologies for the confusion.
Really nice concept and content. I could not enjoy the video because you mumbled throughout. Sorry if I'm being to critical. I'm sure you can operate the calculators better than I.
Ok thanks for the feedback.