dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) (05/30/91)
Frank Wales of Leeds, U.K. (frank@grep.co.uk) provided me with this list of HP calculators from his visit to the "Hall of Fame" at HP's calculator headquarters in Corvallis, Oregon. I too have visited this hallway where there are examples of all of the various HP calculators that have been made since the original HP-35 back in 1972, and it is a neat sight for the historians among us. Thanks to Frank for writing this information down! The format of entries is based on the individual boards along the HoF wall -- each paragraph represents the units on that board. The entries are in board order away from the reception area towards the building 3/4 conduit. The layout is: [name on hall of fame board, a.k.a. series name] model# codename launched $price (comment) [Classic] 35 72/2/1 395 (no name) 45 wizard 73/5/1 395 55 merlin 75/1/1 395 (duplicates 75D name) 65 superstar 74/1/19 795 67 hawkeye 76/7/1 450 70 scrooge 74/8/1 275 80 73/2/1 395 (no name) [Woodstock] 29C bonnie 77/7/1 195 27 salad 76/5/1 200 21 pumpkin 75/2/1 125 25C squish 76/7/1 200 22 turnip 75/9/1 165 25 squash 75/8/1 195 [Topcat] 91 felix 76/3/1 500 92 bobcat 77/7/1 625 97 kittyhawk 76/7/1 750 97S ricochet 77/12/1 1375 [Sting] 10 kiss 77/7/1 175 19C clyde 77/9/1 345 [Spice/spike] 31E ginger 78/5/1 60 32E thyme 78/7/1 80 33E sage 78/5/1 100 33C sage c 79/7/1 120 34C basil 79/7/1 150 37E parsley 78/7/1 75 38E chive 78/5/1 120 38C chive c 79/7/1 150 [<no name>] 01 cricket 78/7/1 695 (steel case) 01 cricket 78/7/1 850 (gold-tone case) [Coconut] 41C coconut 79/7/1 295 41CV silverbird 80/12/15 325 41CX honeynut 83/10/1 325 82140A hyster 79/8/1 195 (card reader) ? wand 80/6/6 125 (wand) 82143 helios 79/8/1 350 (printer) ? hurricane 80/4/8 40 (rechargeable pack) opt 001 blanknut 81/3/24 325 (custom 41/no white key legends) [Voyager] 10C 0.5 82/9/2 80 11C 1.0 81/9/1 150 12C 1.0 81/9/1 135 15C 1.5 82/7/1 135 16C pr 82/7/1 150 [HP-IL] 82160A grapenuts 81/12/14 125 (HP-IL module) 82161A filbert 81/12/14 550 (tape drive) 82162A special K 81/12/14 495 (cereal printer :-)) 82163A wallaby 82/4/5 295 (video) 82164A kukuinut 83/5/1 295 (RS-232C) 82165A foxnut 82/5/10 395 (GPIO) 82166A pilbox 81/12/14 395 (converter) 82168A wombat 83/6/1 495 (MODEM) 82169A nutshell 83/3/1 395 (HP-IB) [<no name>] 71B titan 84/2/1 525 75C kangaroo 82/9/15 995 75D merlin 84/2/1 1095 (duplicates 55 name) ? pod 84/7/1 875 (expansion pod) 82713 faline 83/3/1 495 (PMS) [<no name>] 18C champion 86/6/1 175 28C paladin 87/1/5 235 19B trader 88/1/4 175 28S orlando 88/1/4 235 82240A redeye 86/11/3 135 (IR printer) [pioneer] 17B trader 88/1/4 110 27S mentor 88/1/4 110 42S davinci 88/10/31 120 14B midas 88/10/31 79.95 22S plato 88/6/1 59.95 32S leonardo 88/6/1 69.95 10B ernst 89/1/3 49.95 20S erni 89/1/3 49.95 21S monte carlo 89/1/3 49.95 [<no name>] 48SX charlemagne 90/3/16 350 For completeness, here are a few more products that are NOT on the Hall of Fame, although the HP-95LX is probably there by now. model# codename launched price ($) 82182A phineas 81/12/14? ? (time module) % 82242A blinky 88? ? (41 IR printer module) 82210A hoover 90/10/15? 99.95 (HP41CV Emulator) 82211A flamberge 90/3/16 99.95 (Equation Library) 82240B visine ? ? (IR printer) 32SII nardo? 91/3/1 ? (correct from Educalc catalog) 48S ? 91/4/2 250 95LX jaguar 91/4/23? 695 Pocket PC w/Lotus 1-2-3 %: I assume the timer came out with the IL module, because that's the way I remember them being announced -- this may be wrong. Also, the name really is phineas, although I assume it's named after Phileas Fogg -- strange, huh? ----------- There you have it: a brief history of HP Calculators.. Dan Allen Apple Computer
HCLIMER%UTCVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Harold Climer) (05/30/91)
In your article of 29 May 1991 you talk about "classic" HP calculators in
the hall of fame in Corvalis.
I remember " I think" using an HP calculator (Not handheld of
course ) in the late 60's for a course in Statistics in Meteorology at Texas
A&M University. It was a Desktop Model that I think was programable in BASIC
,but I am not sure. It had the four level stack and I think an IBM type card
reader was available for it. Do you remember the model number ?
I think I have run across the same or upgraded model of the same
machine at Towson State University in Baltimore (In the Physics Department)and
I think we had one here at U. Tennessee at Chattanooga ( Also in the Physics
Department)
I remember using the one at Towson State in the Mid 70's. The one
here at UTC as far as I Know never worked during the time I saw it.
Harold Climer
Physics Department
U. Tennessee at Chattanooga
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*******************************************************************************billj@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Bill Johnson) (05/30/91)
Let me make two corrections to the list: > 19B trader 88/1/4 175 the 19B is code named 'tycoon' > 48S ? 91/4/2 250 the 48S is code named 'shorty' Bill Johnson -- HP Corvallis
frank@grep.co.uk (Frank Wales) (05/31/91)
In article <53447@apple.Apple.COM> dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) writes: >Frank Wales of Leeds, U.K. (frank@grep.co.uk) provided me with this >list of HP calculators from his visit to the "Hall of Fame" at >HP's calculator headquarters in Corvallis, Oregon. >[...] >19B trader 88/1/4 175 Honk! Thank me for playing Guess-My-Codename. I spoke to Wlodek M-J last evening, and he reminded me that the 19B is 'tycoon', not 'trader'. Upon consulting my original notes, I see that both 'trader's on my list have teeny-weeny question marks beside the names for no readily apparent reason. -- Frank Wales, Grep Limited, [frank@grep.co.uk<->uunet!grep!frank] Kirkfields Business Centre, Kirk Lane, LEEDS, UK, LS19 7LX. (+44) 532 500303
druegeme@hpwad.WAD.HP.COM (#Daniel Ruegemer) (06/04/91)
Possibly you're talking about the HP41B, it's an calculator programmable in BASIC, it was sold in the 70ies. (LED-Display!)
Jake-S@cup.portal.com (Jake G Schwartz) (06/05/91)
If I recall correctly, the HP41 wand codename was not listed in the list. As a beta tester of Rev. F of the wand, I "clearly" remember that its codename was "cheshire". (Then again, it *was* 1980 at the time....I hope I didnt mess that one up) Jake Schwartz