[mn.general] Calculator Collectors

fin@norge.unet.umn.edu (Craig A. Finseth) (09/15/90)

The question has been asked: does anyone out there really collect
calculators?  I am happy to say that the answer is, indeed, yes.  Some
friends and I do have an (some might say "extreme") interest in HP
calculators in particular and all calculators in general.  Together,
we have 40 or 50 machines right now.  (Fortunately, they all give the
same answer if you ask them "how much is 2 and 2?")

We are particularly looking for the following HP calculators:

HP-	10C	19A/C	27A	28C	31E	34C	37E	38C/E
	46A	70A	75C/D	80A	85	91/92	95	97A

	manuals for 35A

We have one of these, but are looking for second machines:

HP-	35A	55A	65A	67A

We are also interested in any other interesting (or non-interesting)
calculators by HP and other manufacturers.  We are also looking for
anything else that you might have lying around:

	brochures & sales literature
	spare parts (chargers, battery packs, etc.)
	broken machines
	manuals, quick reference cards
	packaging(!)
	books and articles on or relating to calculators
	etc.

If you have something that is particularly intersting, we might well
make you an offer on it (call us and talk).  However, we aren't into
buying everything in the world: it is much better if you think of us
as offering a very good home to stuff that you may have lying around,
aren't using, and haven't figured out what to do with (we are in
general willing to cover your shipping costs).

We are:

Craig Finseth
	fin@unet.umn.edu			+1 612 624 3375 work
	1343 Lafond, St. Paul MN 55104		+1 612 644 4027 home

Jeff Brown
	Steinmetz & Brown, Ltd.			+1 612 646 2478 work
	2675 University Ave, St. Paul MN 55114	+1 612 644 0639 home

conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) (09/17/90)

In article <2572@uc.msc.umn.edu>, fin@norge.unet.umn.edu (Craig A.
Finseth) writes:
> The question has been asked: does anyone out there really collect
> calculators?  I am happy to say that the answer is, indeed, yes. ...
> We are:
> 
> Craig Finseth
> 	fin@unet.umn.edu			+1 612 624 3375 work
> 	1343 Lafond, St. Paul MN 55104		+1 612 644 4027 home
> 
> Jeff Brown
> 	Steinmetz & Brown, Ltd.			+1 612 646 2478 work
> 	2675 University Ave, St. Paul MN 55114	+1 612 644 0639 home

The Few, The Proud...

There are a few more collectors that I know about.  Here are their names:

Larry McElhiney
abbiel@ucscb.UCSC.EDU

King Chan
chank@cb.ecn.purdue.edu

Tom Conte [me]
	University of Illinois, CRHC		(217) 244-1081 work
	208 West Oregon St., Urbana IL 61801	(217) 367-4226 home
conte@uiuc.edu

I can't speek for Larry or King, but I'm still trying to find an HP-65,
among others.  As with Craig and Jeff above, I will provide for shipping.
If you live nearby (central Illinois), I would love to come and visit and
discuss what you have.

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Tom Conte	  Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
 conte@uiuc.edu   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
 I worry about insects: I bet the dinosaurs had `mammal exterminators'