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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Subject: HP Calculator History - Dates & Prices
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?
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There you have it: a brief history of HP Calculators..
Dan Allen
Apple Computer