Making the most of your HP calculator

Welcome

HPCC is a voluntary, independent body run by and for users of handheld and portable computers and calculators. The club has been helping members for more than 20 years to get the most from their Hewlett Packard equipment and to further the exchange of information and ideas.

While most members' main interest is in the HP range of models, the club is happy to discuss other models too, at meetings, through the club journal - Datafile, and on these web pages. HPCC is not supported by Hewlett Packard or any other commercial organisation; its activities are funded and undertaken by its members.

HP30b Business Professional Financial Calculator 7th January 2010, HP announced the HP30b - a more powerful, and programmable, version of the HP20b Business Calculator. Gene Wright's HP30b review (pdf) Richard Nelson's HP30b Fact Sheet (pdf) Jake Schwartz's Article on making a keyboard overlay for the HP30b (pdf) HP30b Specification Sheet (pdf) Larger image Southeast Asian dealer - Educalc European dealer - Moravia European dealer - Despec France Gene Wright's HP20b review - for comparison with the HP30b (pdf) More reviews and details of the HP30b appear in the HP30b Special Edition of Datafile which has been posted out to club members. Please ensure your subscription is renewed and make note of our reduced membership rates for 2010.   HP30b

News - 31st August 2010

The 2010 HPCC Mini Conference will be held on 11th September 2010 at Imperial College, London. The provisional timetable and more details are on the conference page.

The contents of Datafile V29N3 are now available. The magazine has been posted out to club members.

The 2010 HPCC Annual General Meeting will be held on 13th November 2010 at Imperial College, London. For directions see the meetings page.

The HPCC committee are pleased to announce a reduction in membership rates for 2010. The new rates are on our membership page.

Bruce Horrock's article on Stack Parameter Checking for the HP50G, from Datafile V27N4, is available to read and the code to download.

The HP20b Business Consultant, with RPN and scientific functions, is described in Gene Wright's review from Datafile V27N3. HP's PDF brochure is also available here.

A revised template for Datafile articles is available from download on the Datafile page.

As presented to attendees of the HPCC 25th Anniversary Conference, Datafile volumes 1 to 24 (1982 - 2005) are now available on CD-ROM from Jake Schwartz. Volumes 1 to 19 are scanned copies of the magazine. Volumes 20 onwards are the original PDFs from which the magazine is published.

The 5th edition of Wlodek's "A Guide to HP Calculators and Computers" has just been published. This revision of the 2003 edition has more than 40 additional pages covering all the latest HP models. Copies are available from Wlodek or www.hpcalculatorguide.com/.

Articles from Datafile V25N4 on HP-12C Platinum Cash-Flow Entry Bug and Integer Division on the HP33S are now available to download in PDF format.

A special edition of the club magazine, Datafile, containing reviews and details of the new HP35S has been sent out to club members. Gene Wright's excellent review of the HP35S, contained in the special edition, is available in PDF format for download here.

HP has announced the HP35S (PDF link) which is a programmable scientific in the style of classic HP calculators, complete with a large ENTER key and other classic features. HP have published lots of information and tutorials for the HP35S on their website. Click here for an enhanced picture of the HP35S.

Christoph Klug's article on transferring data from an HP41 to EMU41 on a PC via RS232 (from Datafile V25N3) is now available to download.

Christoph Klug's article on transferring data from one HP41 to another HP41 via RS232 (from Datafile V25N1) is now available to download.

Jordi Hidalgo's HP39G aplet to enable the CAS, effectively turning an HP39G into an HP40G, is available here.