Found the new HP-10BII in both Office Depot and in a Super Walmart. Price at OD was $29.99, no price on the unit at Super Walmart.
HP10BII spotted in Nashville, TN
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05-29-2001, 02:48 PM
05-29-2001, 11:42 PM
I just bought mine in Monterey, CA. Office Depot, same price. Has a nice classic look.
05-30-2001, 09:12 AM
Let me know when the HP-42SII shows up. Meanwhile (stretch, yawn!) I'll be dozing . . . ZZZzzzzzz z z z z z z . . .
05-31-2001, 09:15 AM
Gene, Was the manual in English? The HP10Bii units I've obtained from France had manuals in French, but the keyboard is in English. Todd
05-31-2001, 11:37 AM
Not too bad. I hope to write up a review of it soon. One somewhat stupid thing, IMO, is the introduction of a purple prefix key for nothing other than recalling memories 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (these hold the statistical summations). The same result comes from pressing the RCL key and then 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9. Unless they plan another calculator with the same layout, this makes no sense at all. At least the keys are colored properly for reading.
And...at least they are not RUBBER keys!
05-31-2001, 09:13 PM
gene; what is an "ACO product"?
05-31-2001, 11:37 PM
I picked one up, the manual is pretty good at explaining the calculators operation, a big improvement over the 6 series, 30S, or 49 series. The design is not bad though one of my keys is bad and I'll have to exchange the unit. Most of the keys work well with a good solid click.
06-01-2001, 07:39 AM
If they went to all this trouble to design a new form factor, it makes no sense at all to only use it on one calculator. The 49G "style" has been used by the 39G and 40G.
Perhaps the 10BII will be used by other calcs?
06-01-2001, 10:13 AM
Good first step on the way back, guys. Next, make one of the keys a double-width button, and emboss it with "Enter" . . .
06-01-2001, 11:11 AM
.. is the latest incarnation of "ACO". It has been several months now since HP's Jean-Yves Avenard said at comp.sys.hp48 that he (and I'm assuming Cyrille de Brebisson too) wasn't working on the 49G anymore (although JYA still contributes regularly and ROM version 1.19-6 is supposed to be close to release). The next ACO product is rumored to be the "Calypso" Linux-based palm/Jornada device, which is "probably" what they are now working on (since the Windows CE-based "Xpander" is now defunct). See http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000257.html for more info about Calypso. Personally, I'd love to see a sub-$30 shirtpocket RPN calc. BTW, does the 10BII fit in your shirtpocket (the original 10B is/was too big)? Matt
06-01-2001, 09:24 PM
Matt, Yes, my 10Bii fits in my shirt pocket. It's fairly light, too. The light weight gives the unit a feel of disposibility, though... quite unlike the old HP calcs which were instruments you wanted to keep! Todd
06-02-2001, 07:01 AM
... get rid of the = key and label the calc 42SII... ... don't forget to add a small port that connects through the serial bus of a PC and to devices such as a rom module port, card readers, ... of course, sub $100 !
07-08-2001, 08:05 PM
The HP 10B II is available at Fryes in Palo also for $39.95.
07-08-2001, 11:32 PM
Last month I purchased the 10bii directly from HP. It took a little doing to get to the proper site. If you go directly to the HP 10bii site at
07-10-2001, 10:08 PM
was that THE richard nelson? ok, any richard nelson would be; but i mean the one that used to work at educalc and answer real dumb questions almost paciently? |
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