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Crazy people??? Message #1 Posted by Al on 12 Mar 2000, 4:02 a.m. Would you buy a hp41CV for over two hundred? Well here's one going for $244.50 on bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=275490041

Re: Crazy people??? Message #2 Posted by thib on 12 Mar 2000, 6:12 a.m., in response to message #1 by Al I've seen it also... Maybe it has a Zenrom, a CCD Rom, an x-functions and two x-memories hard wired inside... or 2g of cocaine....

Re: Crazy people??? Message #3 Posted by rupert9000 on 12 Mar 2000, 10:22 a.m., in response to message #1 by Al Sure, I've already done it. ;-) In the early eighties I have had one HP11C, one HP15C and one HP41CX with card-reader. Some months ago I purchased a nice HP41CV complete with various manuals from Ebay, for US$225. I'm not crazy, just nostalgic. :-)

Re: Crazy people??? Message #4 Posted by Dave Hicks on 12 Mar 2000, 11:11 a.m., in response to message #1 by Al Back when EduCalc was shutting down, a number of people were buying EduCalc 41Cs, peripherals, modules, and books and listing them on eBay. The eBay prices usually ended up at 3 to 12 times the EduCalc price, even though EduCalc was still selling them.

Re: Crazy people??? Message #5 Posted by Brendon Nafziger on 13 Mar 2000, 8:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by Al This is the problem with eBay anymore, everyone that is interested in old HP's knows that you can get any model you want if you are willing to pay the price. For folks like me that tend to be a bit on the tight side, we're just out of luck. The price that this 41CV is going for makes the one I found abandoned (along with its charger, nicad battery pack (dead, BUT...), alkaline battery holder, functional card reader, 60 new cards in two cases, stress analysis pac, machine design pac, overlays, manuals, and all the boxes) in a drawer at the company I work at look all the more attractive.

Re: Crazy people??? Message #6 Posted by Thibaut on 14 Mar 2000, 4:11 p.m., in response to message #5 by Brendon Nafziger Well... I'm also nostalgic on these calculators. I owned 15 years ago a 11C. One of my class pals broke it. I was offered a brand new 15C. It was stolen. I then bought a 41CV, that I sold later when I began law studies (no need for maths anymore). I am now a financial manager. I had a 19BII bought by the company. I bought a 41CX on sale on this site, and I was surpised to notice that I really enjoyed using this calculator, better than my 19BII far more legible and powerful. I saw the prices on ebay and tried my luck. I sold it 7 times what I bought it ! and then I felt again nostalgic, and bought two of these. What is sure is that I wil never get rid of all... They are so easy to use, even for simple operations. On topp of that, I've got a few modules that I want to know and use. I also had a 48GX bought by my previous company, and even if this is a tremendous calculator, it never has the charms of a simple looking 41 with all the functions hidden in the f CATALOG 0... Well, even if i'll continue acquiring different HP's, I definitely consider that the easiest and best calculators to use ar the 10C, 11C, 15C and 41.

You should try a HP 42S Message #7 Posted by IQ on 15 Mar 2000, 5:29 a.m., in response to message #6 by Thibaut After acquiring a 42S, I rarely use my 41cx and i had love mine dearly.

Re: You should try a HP 42S Message #8 Posted by Thibaut on 15 Mar 2000, 8:24 a.m., in response to message #7 by IQ Yes, the double lined screen is certainly tempting, but honestly I've used several post 1990 HP's and I never have the same feeling that with my CX... I just love it, how irrational it can be... The only objective thing I can say is that the keys of a 41 are far more pleasant to use

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