HP · Financial · January 1990 to 2003
The HP 17BII replaced the HP-17B in January 1990, and the change was RPN: you can work in RPN or algebraic, which few HPs ever offered. HP's code name was Trader II. It's a business calculator built around menus, with time value of money, interest conversion, cash flows, bonds and depreciation under FIN, plus business percentages, statistics, a clock with appointments, and a solver that takes your own equations in place of keystroke programs. Its two-line display labels the menu keys, and it prints to HP's infrared printer. It runs on three button cells in HP's Pioneer body. The CFA Institute doesn't allow it in the exam. HP replaced it with the 17bII+ in 2003.
Bench check
Should come with it
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
Units from 1990 can have an RPN bug with the +/- and x<>y keys, fixed early in 1991. Otherwise check the button cells and the display.
New to old calculators? The condition checklist covers battery corrosion, displays, keys and card readers, and RPN in one hour gets you typing on an HP.
Buying guide
We'd buy the 17BII titled works great with new batteries at $22 delivered, about $9 under the $31 median, and its photo shows the menu labels lit beside a slip case. There are at least 45 for sale and most working ones ask $25 to $35 delivered. Several titles say 1987, but the 17BII came out in 1990 and the 1988 17B has no RPN, so check the face reads 17BII. Units from 1990 can put a stray minus sign on numbers in RPN mode, a bug HP fixed early in 1991, so ask for the serial (one starting 30 means 1990) and, on a 1990 unit, ask the seller to press 5, +/-, x<>y and then 3, which should show a plain 3. Skip the Australian listing at $87 delivered, nearly three times the median.
$16.13est. delivered
The lowest delivered 17BII at $16 so far, titled tested with new batteries, the case and the manual. It's an auction with no bids, so we'd stop near $26, what the tested one with a case and new batteries asks to buy now.
HP 17Bii Calculator w/ Case & Manual - Tested - New Batteries
$21.94est. delivered
Titled works great with new batteries at $22 delivered, about $9 under the $31 median, and the photo shows the menu labels lit. A slip case is in the photo but not the title, so ask whether it comes with it.
Hewlett Packard HP 17B II Business Calculator-Works Great-New Batteries!
$25.81est. delivered
The easy first buy, with a test claim, fresh batteries, a case and shipping quoted, still under the median. Ask for the serial so you know whether to run the 1990 RPN check.
HP 17BII Hewlett Packard Business Calculator w New Batteries & Case TESTED WORKS
$25.81est. delivered
Titled tested and working with new batteries and a case, so it should run out of the box at $26 delivered.
HP 17BII Hewlett Packard Business Calculator w New Batteries & Case TESTED WORKS
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Used$16.13est. delivered
$10.20 + $5.93 shipping
Auction · no bids yet · ends in 21h 46m
Good buy
Titled tested, with case, manual and new batteries. Auction with no bids, so it will climb.
Seller: dhph6174
100% positive
Used$21.94est. delivered
$15.99 + $5.95 shipping
Buy It Now$15.99
Good buy
Titled works great, with new batteries. Photo shows the display lit and a slip case.
Seller: sperls
99.7% positive
Used$25.81est. delivered
$18.99 + $6.82 shipping
Buy It Now$18.99
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Good buy
Titled tested and works, with new batteries and a case.
Seller: pinkikay
99.2% positive
Used$24.98est. delivered
$19.99 + $4.99 shipping
Buy It Now$19.99
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Our take
Titled tested and 1987, but the 17BII came out in 1990. Check the face.
Seller: nostalgianuggets
100% positive
Used$30.70est. delivered
$21.00 + $9.70 shipping
Buy It Now$21.00
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Our take
Titled works, with a case. Titled 1987, so check the face reads 17BII.
Seller: pattipas
100% positive
Used$31.17est. delivered
$22.90 + $8.27 shipping
Buy It Now$22.90
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Our take
Titled tested working. Batteries not included.
Seller: tonysellsstuff
98.6% positive
Used$35.00est. delivered
$30.00 + $5.00 shipping
Buy It Now$30.00
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Check the seller
Seller feedback is 95.9%. Titled with a leather case and new batteries.
Seller: missboldgoods
95.9% positive
Used$87.14est. delivered
$62.74 + $24.40 shipping
Buy It Now$62.74
Priced high
Titled tested and works. Ships from Australia at about 2.8 times the median.
Seller: oz.gadgets
99.8% positive
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