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Post: #11
08-04-2010, 10:03 AM
Don Shepherd Offline
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Richard Nelson recently wrote that the HP-30b will be available at Office Depot stores in August. I checked it out today. The calculators haven't arrived yet, but there is a peg labelled "HP-30bii, HP financial calculator, $49.99". I had to laugh at the "ii" and wonder where that came from. The salesman checked his inventory and saw 0 units, but from the peg it looks like it is on the way.

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Post: #12
08-04-2010, 07:18 PM
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I saw some today at the Office Depot in Athens, Georgia.

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Post: #13
08-04-2010, 09:09 PM
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Thanks Joe. I'll check again in a couple of days and see if they make it to Louisville.

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Post: #14
08-05-2010, 11:24 AM
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Richard Nelson recently wrote that the HP-30b will be available at Office Depot stores in August. I checked it out today. The calculators haven't arrived yet, but there is a peg labelled "HP-30bii, HP financial calculator, $49.99". I had to laugh at the "ii" and wonder where that came from. The salesman checked his inventory and saw 0 units, but from the peg it looks like it is on the way.

I just checked their consumer on-line store and the business OD web page (for corporate clients only; company I work for uses them for office supplies). It doesn't show for on-line purchases; must be an in-store only item for now.

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Post: #15
08-05-2010, 11:59 AM
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Considering the problem is usually the other way around, I'd say that is an improvement! :-)

TW

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Post: #16
08-05-2010, 03:45 PM
Don Shepherd Offline
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here

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Post: #17
08-05-2010, 05:07 PM
Gerson W. Barbosa Offline
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and they ship it worldwide.

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Post: #18
08-05-2010, 07:30 PM
Don Shepherd Offline
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Unfortunately, the spec sheet at Samson says "programmable with 32K user memory." This has been a problem since day 1. Some nimrod, probably in marketing, put 32k in the spec sheet when, in fact, there are 290 bytes of user memory. That's a huge difference.

Tim, tell somebody in marketing that resellers are still saying 32K and it's WRONG!!

Don

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Post: #19
08-06-2010, 12:13 PM
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They fixed it! Praise be!

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Post: #20
08-06-2010, 03:33 PM
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Just yesterday it read up to 32KB RAM. Looks like they read your post (Carl?). I wish they had a couple of 33s left - I've bought twice from them, excellent service!

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