Introduced on January 4, 1988, along with the HP-19B

HP-19B

HP-19B, introduced on January 4, 1988, along with the HP-17B, HP-27S and the HP-28S, and replaced by the HP-19BII in January 1990, was a simplified Hewlett Packard business model calculator, like the 17B. It had a clamshell design, like the HP-18C, HP-28C, 28S.-External links:**...

, HP-27S and the HP-28S. It was a simplified business model, like the 19B. There were two versions, the US one working in English only, and the international one with a choice of six languages. Code name: Trader.
It was a 132x16 LCD dot matrix

Dot matrix display

A dot matrix display is a display device used to display information on machines, clocks, railway departure indicators and many other devices requiring a simple display device of limited resolution...

, 22x2 characters simplified business calculator, like the HP 19B. Were made two versions, a US only working in English, and the international one with six languages choice.

Used a Saturn processor

Saturn (microprocessor)

The Saturn family of microprocessors was developed by Hewlett-Packard in the 1980s for programmable scientific calculators/microcomputers. The original Saturn chipset was first used in the HP-71B hand-held BASIC computer, introduced in 1984. Later models of the family powered the popular HP-48...

 and had a memory of 8000 bytes, 6750 bytes available to the user. Was code named Trader, and belong to the 17B family (HP-17B, HP-17BII, HP-17BII+)and the Pioneer series

External links

• HP Page of Christoph Gießelink scripts for The HP-17B and more