• 1978

Hardware Description

The HP-33E and HP-33C were the basic scientific programmable members of the 30 series. The "E" model had conventional memory which lost its contents when power was turned off. The "C" model provided continuous memory. (After this series, continuous memory was considered basic functionality. The curator has, on several occasions had to explain to more recent calculator users that loss of data on power off was normal for older calculators.)