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HP-35 Calculator
I found an HP-35 calculator in a computer recycling bin yesterday. I opened it up and cleaned the power on/off switch contacts, since the switch was a little finnicky yesterday. The calculator works perfectly, except for the fact that the power adapter's cable is a little loose. :\
Here's a few pics of it
http://iannixon.com/photos/hp-35-calculator/
Here's a few pics of it
http://iannixon.com/photos/hp-35-calculator/
I like it.
Anything with curved and crooked traces on the circuit board is cool in my book.
Anything with curved and crooked traces on the circuit board is cool in my book.
Your iBook is tainted with stickers!!!!
Oh and nice quackulator
Oh and nice quackulator
That's actually a MacBook, and it's not mine. I'm working on it for the weekend.
Sweet!!! I have a 32S-II they're the best. You'll have to get used to the Reverse Polish Notation (RPN), but once you do it will be faster than using a regular calculator.
Very cool - I really like LED calculators!
Wow, very desirable and collectable I think, possibly made in Silicon Valley itself!
Oh most definitely made in Si Valley -- it was the first scientific pocket calculator, made to fit in Bill Hewlett's pocket.
If you got one of the very first ones, it has a bug in its log routine. As the story goes, Dave Packard insisted on revealing the bug's existence as soon as possible, and offering a replacement. But many people chose to live with the bug (it's minor). Like misprinted postage stamps and currency, the buggy HP-35 has become a collector's item among collector's items.
If you got one of the very first ones, it has a bug in its log routine. As the story goes, Dave Packard insisted on revealing the bug's existence as soon as possible, and offering a replacement. But many people chose to live with the bug (it's minor). Like misprinted postage stamps and currency, the buggy HP-35 has become a collector's item among collector's items.
HP-01, that looks like one awesome wristwatch
cool, I recently inherited my Grandpa's Facit calc from the '60s. It has a nixy tube display!
More info on the HP-35 at http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp35.htm .
Also, there is a product introduction writeup in the June 1972 issue of the Hewlett Packard Journal, available online from HP (caution, 4.6 MB pdf download) at http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1972-06.pdf .
Also, there is a product introduction writeup in the June 1972 issue of the Hewlett Packard Journal, available online from HP (caution, 4.6 MB pdf download) at http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1972-06.pdf .
I've seen one of those at an old-time jeweler/watch shop and it must have been as late as the 1990s because I was amazed to see such a thing, still new old stock. Wouldn't it be a hoot if they still had it?
Well, they were expensive when new, and never went down in value...
I've seen them go on eBay for over $5000 'new in box', and even ones all alone, with no original accessories usually go for over $1000. (Hey, there's ones matching those descriptions right now! The 'lone' one has one $1000 bid, the one complete in box (but not 'new',) has no bids, with a minimum bid of $5000. That one may or may not sell.)