I acquired a fourth generation HP-35 (with legends printed on the function keys rather than above them). It has an add display anomaly: when I enter numbers, the first digit is displayed one place to the right of where it would normally be (the third display position from the left of the calculator). If I press the decimal point key and then another number, the new number jumps one position to the left, so everything's normal from that point on. Numbers without decimal parts always display one position to the right of where they normally would.
Using [] to represent blank character positions, it looks like this:
1. Press "3". "[][]3" is shown on the display.
2. Press "." "[][]3." is shown on the display.
3. Press "1". []3.1" is shown on the display.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I can't think of a malfunction that would account for it...
-- David