HP 15C not longer manufactured?

[A.L.]

HP 15C is not mentioned on new HP calculator page. On Amazon it is
listed 250 bucks and up. Does this mean that the "limited edition" was
really "limited" and there is no "standard edition"?... It is not
manufactured any more?

I letf mine (I paid 100 bucks for limited edition) in the conference
room and it found a new owner. However, 250 bucks is a bit too much...
A.L.

[BartdB]

I have not seen any signs of a standard edition.

The price has really gone up. I have seen it available at:
www.hpcalc.org (200 )
Samson Cables (new 230 USD, open box 180 USD)
In the UK: calculatorsdirect 150 UK pounds

(prices correct at time of posting, but seem to go up as stock decreases)

Another option is www.rpn-calc.ch

[Valfisio]

Does anyone know how many units were produced from HP_15C_Limited_Edition?
Mine is Limitade Edition Number 07329.

[rros...@gmail.com]

Why would they NOT be limited? It is an outdated calculator and was released to shut up the older dinosaurs that wanted an obsolete calculator. Hp guessed (wrongly, but for a bean counter selling everything at list, having one less unit vs having one to many and selling a bunch at discount, what do you think they will do?)

I am glad they sold the Hp 15c and wished they would have put a serial I/O with the ability to back up the calculator and had a remote programming feature with modern programming. I would have happily paid $200 for such an animal. I still happily paid $100+ something for the limited edition they did release. And I was going to buy a second, but like you $200 for such a calculator is a bit steep.

Obviously, you need trig or you wouldn't have bought the Hp 15c and cry about it now as the Hp12c is still readily available (and what I carry most of the time, unless I KNOW I will need the Hp 15c). Hp12c's can be had for less than $40 very easily. Good solid calculator, but it ain't a 15c either.

You can buy an Hp30B or Hp35s, both have trig, the Hp30B is awkward to use as a scientific, but can work, the Hp35s is nearly as big and bulky as an Hp48G (so I use a 48G... at my desk).

Good luck, I seem to recall you bashing Hp's (a lot)

[A.L.]

Maybe HP 15c is outdated. But is really convenient. More complicated
stuff doesn't automatically mean "better". Such things like HP50 is
the victory of technology over common sense. I really don't need the
"calculator" that needs 1600 page manual to operate.

HP 35s is badly designed, has the same problems as HP 15c (no memory
card, no usb port) and missing functionality

I am really missing HP 15c

A.L.

[dtfo...@dcn.org]

I bought two 15C calcs the serial numbers are as follows:
9560 snf 20025 either they are not in serial number order
or they made a boat load of them.

Don

[Wayne Brown]

A.L. <alew...@aol.com> wrote:
> HP 15C is not mentioned on new HP calculator page. On Amazon it is
> listed 250 bucks and up. Does this mean that the "limited edition" was
> really "limited" and there is no "standard edition"?... It is not
> manufactured any more?

The "standard edition" has not been manufactured since 1989. The "limited
edition" was produced for a short time to satisfy the continuing demand
for the the 15C by people who still remember the long-ago days when HP
was a decent company that made decent calculators.

--
F. Wayne Brown <fwb...@bellsouth.net>

Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)