How many of you like HP41C calculators?

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Mon Nov 17 09:32:32 2003

On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 07:57 AM, Joe wrote:

> At 10:34 AM 11/17/03 +0100, Jochen wrote:
>> On 2003.11.17 04:18 Ron Hudson wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> You're right! It's too bad they didn't take the time to read the HP
> Journal articles about the developement of the HP-35 (and others) that
> explained how and why they spent a lot of time designing the
> calculator and
> it's keyboard for the best feel and usability. Apparently they still

Well that's another point at which they emulators fail, they don't have
the
nice HP keyboard.

hmm, I wonder if I could create a plastic face for my pilot
that held spring loaded keys that just poked the screen when I pressed
them.

They still wouldn't be the same.

I just searched for "HP41 Wiki" on google, I found a later HP
calculator wiki
but for 41/71/75 class machines they refer to the hp museum.




> haven't read them!
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> Joe
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Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 09:32:32 GMT