How many of you like HP41C calculators?

From: Holger Veit <holger.veit_at_ais.fhg.de>
Date: Mon Nov 17 05:25:48 2003

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:34:39AM +0100, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On 2003.11.17 04:18 Ron Hudson wrote:
>
> > but how many of us like pocket sized machines? HP 41C?
> I spend a lot of money to by the then current HP48SX when I was in
> school. An expense that I never will regret. Some time ago I got a
> HP41CV with card reader, printer and TV modulator. What a wonderful
> machine. I love it. 20 years old, heavily used by the previous owner and
> still well working.

Yes, the problem the new HP-Compaq people have with these machines is
that they were so high quality that they never needed to be replaced
by more recent models - they just didn't become defective.

Meanwhile, though, HPQ has this obvious quality problem under control.

> When I saw the HP49 for the first time I was shocked. A cheap plastic
> thing with rubber keyboard that looks like a TV remote control.
> Disgusting.

This becomes off topic, but you should have a look at the upcoming new
HP33 (not!).

Holger
Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 05:25:48 GMT