[comp.sys.hp] HP calculator club list

frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) (03/18/88)

[A number of people have asked me to repost the HP club list which
 was posted late last year, so here it is again.  --frank]


Given the amount of mail received by myself and colleague recently, it
would appear that there a number of HP calculator and hand-held computer
users out there who are unaware of the user groups that exist to support
such products.  Below is a list of such clubs, compiled by Wlodek
Mier-Jedrzejowicz of HPCC.  Most clubs support all Corvallis Division
products from Series 10 up to the HP-71B.

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             CLUB LIST

List of clubs for users of HP handheld calculators and computers,
compiled on the basis of information provided at the HP handheld
calculator and computer users' conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark,
8-9 August 1987.  The list was originally published in the journal of
the international club HPX (see below under USA), this is an updated
version.

AUSTRALIA
Melbourne club:
PPPM Inc.,
P.O. Box 512,
Ringwood, Vic. 3134,
Australia

Sydney club:
CHHU Syydney,
C/- K.Besley,
Charley Bus. Services,
22 Elsie Street,
Burwood, N.S.W. 2134,
Australia

The above two clubs jointly publish a very neat journal
called Technical Notes; it is printed by HP for them!

Perth and Brisbane clubs apparently no longer active.
 
AUSTRIA
CCA - HP Club Austria,
Michael Pocksteiner,
P.O. Box 50,
A-1111 Wien,
Austria
No representatives in Copenhagen; the above is the address they gave
before the conference.

BELGIUM
Flemish-speaking club
PCX,
Postbus 205,
B-8000 Brugge 1,
Belgium
Active - publish a journal - PCX

A French-speaking club exists too but no represntatives came and it
seems to be less active.

CANADA
No independent clubs, but local chapters of CHHU and PPC (see USA)
do exist.

DENMARK
PPC-Denmark,
Nyelandsvej 7, 1. TH,
2000 Frederiksberg,
Denmark
Active, publish USER

The above is the address they gave at the conference, but
their usual address is:
PPC-Denmark,
Postboks 2,
3500 Vaerlose,
Denmark

ENGLAND
see United Kingdom

FINLAND
STAK,
c/o Tapani Tarvainen,
Yliopistonkatu 10 B 21,
SF-40100 Jyvaskyla,
Finland
Active, publish STAK

FRANCE
PPC-Paris,
BP 604,
75028 Paris Cedex 01,
France
Active, particularly in the HP-71B field. Have produced a 71
EPROM set, publish JPC

PPC-Toulouse,
attn. Jean-Daniel Dodin,
77 rue du Cagire,
31100 Toulouse,
France
The club is closing down at the end of 1987 because they have not found
anyone to do the work when Jean-Daniel does not have the time.  Until
the end of the year they are selling back issues of their journal (they
were very keen on FORTH) and remaining stocks of books.

GERMANY (West Germany)
CCD e.V.,
P.O. Box 110411,
Schwalbacherstr. 50 Hhs.,
D-6000 Frankfurt 1,
West Germany
Active - the largest club outside the US.  They began as an HP-41 users'
club, but as their members bought PCs they set up new sections for
different ranges of PCs.  They now have an HP handheld section, an
MS-DOS section, a CP/M section and an Atari section.  Their journal
PRISMA continues to deal largely with HP equipment.

A PPC chapter existed in West Germany for a time, but no longer appears to
be active.  I think it was in Dortmund.

GULF STATES
Letters to PPC in the early 80s suggested there were some HP clubs in
this region, but nothing has come from there recently and it seems most
likely that these were temporary groups of HP users working for a time
in the Gulf.

HOLLAND (The Netherlands)
HP Club Amsterdam,
Toby Koehnders,
Bellamystraat 26-3,
1053 BM Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Active - publishes a journal - PROMPT
The same club ALSO gives its address as:
CHHU Holland,
Lage Dhin 44,
2121 CH Bennebroek,
The Netherlands
They have no support at all from HP-Holland because HP now
refer questions to a third party commercial company.

HP Club Twente,
c/o Frans de Vries,
Abelenstraat 82,
7556 DV Hengelo,
The Netherlands
Active - publish a journal - NUTS
and send out newsletters too.

The book and calculator shop:
TH Boekhandel Prins,
Binnenwatersloot 30,
2611 BK Delft,
The Netherlands
used to publish a journal HP-USER NIEUWS and to act as a centre for
club activity, but they gave up after 10 issues of the journal.

ITALY
CHHU-IT,
c/o Stefano Tendon,
Cantone delle Asse 5,
29100 Piacenza,
Italy
Published one issue of a journal but had little response and currently
they act mainly as a contact group.  They do produce some very good
software some of which will be included in the JPCLEX module for the '71.

IRAN
Letters to the PPC Journal in the early 80s suggested at least one club
existed in Iran, but it seems probable that it was like the clubs in the
Gulf States mentioned above.

MEXICO
A club existed in Mexico City and was visited by Richard Nelson,
but there have been no signs of recent activity.

THE NETHERLANDS (see HOLLAND)

NORWAY
PPC-Norway,
Krumgt 8 c/o IB Jorgensen,
N-0170 Oslo 1,
Norway
Do not publish their own journal but work closely with PPC-Denmark and
share their journal.  Other clubs existed for a time but seem to have
been student groups which broke up.

SOUTH AFRICA
As with the Gulf States and Iran there were some signs of club activity a few
years ago but nothing has been heard recently.

SPAIN
An active club existed for a while and some HP-41 related books were
translated into Spanish, but no club activity has been heard of
recently.  Valentin Albillo has apparently re-established contact with
the Australians, so he might be able to provide further details.

SWEDEN
PPC-CG
c/o Odinsgatan 6,
40120 GOTEBORG,
Sweden

Attempts are being made to restart activity in the PPC-Stockholm club too.

The Finnish club also publishes submissions in Swedish.

SWITZERLAND
PPC-Lausanne,
Luzius Auer,
Case Postale,
1049 Assens/VD,
Switzerland
Publish a journal, but were not represented in Copenhagen.

HP-Club,
Franco dal Molin,
Plattenstr. 44,
8152 Glattbrugg,
Switzerland

UNITED KINGDOM
(England, Scotland, Wales & N.Ireland)
Membership and journal enquiries to:
HPCC,
Geggs Lodge,
Hempton Road,
Deddington,
Oxon OX5 4QG,
England
Other enquiries to:
40, Heathfield Road,
London W3 8EJ
England
Active, publish a journal DATAFILE and arrange a conference every year.

USA/International
1.
CHHU
Unfortunately no longer active but some local branches still meet.

PPC
A little better than the above.  Put up their subscription charge
in June but I have received no journals since that time.

HPX
P.O. Box 566727,
Atlanta,  GA 30356,
USA
Much better than the above.  Publishes a journal HPX Exchange

Many local club branches (or "chapters") exist throughout the United
States.  Some are clearly local sections of one of the above clubs,
others are much more autonomous and some publish local newsletters.

European clubs have an agreed policy of printing a summary in english of
the contents of each issue of every journal.  These summaries, together
with program comments, are usually sufficient to let readers copy and
use programs even if they do not understand the language of the journal.

In addition to the above clubs, the HP Users' Library, HP offices in
some countries, third party producers, and shops can also provide help
to HP users, but I have not included them in this list as they are not
clubs.

Disclaimer:  I have done my best to provide accurate and up to date
information, but a lot of it was passed to me by other sources, so I
cannot guarantee it is all correct.  If you know of a club whose details
are incorrect or which is not mentioned on this list please send details
so they can be included in a future issue of HPX.  It is wise to include
a return address on letters sent to clubs, especially those not
described as "active" in the list.

Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz, 6 November 1987


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