gonkulator

From: A.R. Duell <ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu May 8 14:51:41 1997

>
> > those are magnetic strips storing programs. you would read the strip in,
> > then insert it in a special holder below the row of function keys on the
> > calculator. you could label the strip so you remember what each function
> > key is programmed for. HP first introduced this with the HP67 (pocket

Actually, the first HP _handheld_ with a card reader was the HP65, which
came out a couple of years before the HP67. I have both machines, and
they're very nice :-)

> > version) and HP97 (desk version) and TI followed suit with their own
> > equivalent. This was probably vintage late 70's or early 80's?
>
> Magnetic-card programming of calculators was certainly around before
> then. My HP9100, for example, has a card reader/writer (though I've
> never used it - anybody have any cards compatible with this nearly
> 3-decade-old classic?)

I have a _few_ cards, but they're not up for grabs. I have an HP9100B (a
_real_ calculator ;-) that uses them and one day I'll get round to
replacing the card reader roller and using said reader again. The machine
is perfect apart from that.

>
> Tim. (shoppa_at_triumf.ca)
>


--
-tony
ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill
Received on Thu May 08 1997 - 14:51:41 BST

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