At 02:51 PM 1/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
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><> >First programable calc
><>
><> Then there is the "first solid state electronic calc" which I think goe
><> the Busicom from Japan that employed the first production run of the in
><> 4000 chip set: the 4001 (2048 bit ROM), 4002 (320 bit RAM), 4003 (10 bi
>
>No, this was not the first by a long means. I vaguely remember a desktop
>HP job that was years earlier.
Take a look at the picture at
"
http://www.teleport.com/~dgh/hpmuseum.html" and see if you can spot it.
Also look at some of the pictures of the HP 98xx calculators on that are
linked to that page.
>
>There were designs that were RTL and utililogic
Sounds like the HP 9100. Look at one on my website at
"www.intellistar.net\~rigdonj\hp9100.htm"
and even earlier designs
>that were about the size of a desk drawer
Sounds like one of the HP 9800 series..
that were both totally
>electronic and to some extent programable.
>
>Allison
>
>
Joe
Received on Sun Jan 11 1998 - 06:21:01 GMT