HP Forum Archive 07

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12C date of introduction Message #1 Posted by William Pearce on 11 Dec 2001, 2:48 p.m. The Museum's page shows the date of introduction for the 12C to be 1981. I thought I bought one in 1980. Does anyone know the actual date of introduction?

Re: 12C date of introduction Message #2 Posted by Julián Miranda (Spain) on 11 Dec 2001, 3:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by William Pearce From Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz " A guide to HP handheld calculators and computers": "The HP-12C, also introduced on 1 September 1981, ..." p.71. The also refers to the HP-11C.

Re: 12C date of introduction - 16 Sept 1981 Message #3 Posted by Greg Harris (Sydney Australia) on 11 Dec 2001, 8:32 p.m., in response to message #2 by Julián Miranda (Spain) From - HP Key Notes Sept-Dec 1981... "On Sept 16, 1981, HP released two new ... 11C ... 12C"

Was it shipped by TARDIS express? Message #4 Posted by Dave Hicks on 11 Dec 2001, 8:51 p.m., in response to message #1 by William Pearce "TARDIS Express - When it absolutely, positively has to be there before it was sent." But seriously, I get emails like this frequently but most people are going off memories. However, if you have some hard data I would be very interested. My favorite email came from a person who said that I had missed HP's first calculator - coincidentally, the one he worked on. He described it as black with big keys and a square root function and I said that it sounded like an SR-10. He said that that sounded right and I told him that it was made by Texas Instruments. He said no he worked for HP. A few days later I got an email that said that he had gone through the papers in his attic to prove me wrong, but, um, well, OK, it was TI after all that he worked for. I imagine it's a lot easier for a memory to be essentially correct but off by a year :-)

Re: Less-than-Continuous Memory Message #5 Posted by Paul Brogger on 12 Dec 2001, 11:08 a.m., in response to message #4 by Dave Hicks I don't know about you folks, but I don't recall having any trouble with my memory . . .

Re: Less-than-Continuous Memory Message #6 Posted by Dave Shaffer on 13 Dec 2001, 2:11 a.m., in response to message #5 by Paul Brogger You know there are three things that get worse as you get older: You can't see as well; you can't hear as well; and ..... I can't remember the other one.

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