For some reason, I decided to buy a new HP 35s instead of an old HP 67.
It is just typical of the modern times. They almost got it right. Just almost. What a let down.
They gave us three digit line numbers. But still only 16 labels.
I for some reason fully expected ALPHA labels.
The keyboard layout is just plain awkward. A lot of functions that were blue-shifted on previous machines are tan-shifted, and vice-versa.
There is no indication on the keyboard as to which functions are menus.
The directional keys are kind of nice, but they're in the wrong spot. If HEX worked, ABCDEF would not be in the top row.
Why is SPACE shifted?
Why is there a left shift and a right shift? The shifted items are not on the right and left like the 32SII.
STO is shifted! GTO is not. XEQ is in an awkward spot. When I press XEQ, I should not have to type a line number!
There's still no ALPHA mode, so you have to press RCL every time you want a letter.
HEX and BIN are totally useless. They make you scroll through a menu to type a suffix every time you enter a number. There seems to be no way to enter A-F in HEX.
In 2007, a backlighted display would not be out of place.
The two-line display could be useful, and actually is when VIEWing variables, but, always seeing the Y register is confusing for someone who always knows what's in Y due to only normally seeing X.
Speaking of which, display and entry are just awkward: One can input a seemingly endless string of digits. The display is 15 digits wide, yet it still only displays 12. SHOW doesn't seem to work correctly all the time.
They made it so thin because of modern technology. I would have much appreciated it being thicker! Though, at least it is still thicker than most recent machines.
On the bright side, it does use a MOS 8502 CPU..! (The same chip used in the Commodore 128 )
It is just typical of the modern times. They almost got it right. Just almost. What a let down.
They gave us three digit line numbers. But still only 16 labels.
I for some reason fully expected ALPHA labels.The keyboard layout is just plain awkward. A lot of functions that were blue-shifted on previous machines are tan-shifted, and vice-versa.
There is no indication on the keyboard as to which functions are menus.
The directional keys are kind of nice, but they're in the wrong spot. If HEX worked, ABCDEF would not be in the top row.
Why is SPACE shifted?
Why is there a left shift and a right shift? The shifted items are not on the right and left like the 32SII.
STO is shifted! GTO is not. XEQ is in an awkward spot. When I press XEQ, I should not have to type a line number!
There's still no ALPHA mode, so you have to press RCL every time you want a letter.
HEX and BIN are totally useless. They make you scroll through a menu to type a suffix every time you enter a number. There seems to be no way to enter A-F in HEX.
In 2007, a backlighted display would not be out of place.
The two-line display could be useful, and actually is when VIEWing variables, but, always seeing the Y register is confusing for someone who always knows what's in Y due to only normally seeing X.
Speaking of which, display and entry are just awkward: One can input a seemingly endless string of digits. The display is 15 digits wide, yet it still only displays 12. SHOW doesn't seem to work correctly all the time.
They made it so thin because of modern technology. I would have much appreciated it being thicker! Though, at least it is still thicker than most recent machines.
On the bright side, it does use a MOS 8502 CPU..! (The same chip used in the Commodore 128 )
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