HP Forum Archive 11

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HP-26 Prototype Found Message #1 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 1 Apr 2003, 5:58 p.m. I have sent a picture of a rare prototype HP-26 I found, particularly relevent to the discussions a while ago about a minimal function HP... I emailed the pic to Dave as I am not able to host it here, so I hope he inserts it in this message for you.

Sure Message #2 Posted by Dave Hicks on 1 Apr 2003, 6:28 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gordon Dyer In fact I worked on the "simplification team" on this one.

Re: Sure Message #3 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 1 Apr 2003, 6:47 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Post mine aswell and let the jury decide which they would buy....

Buy? Message #4 Posted by Dave Hicks on 2 Apr 2003, 7:08 p.m., in response to message #3 by Gordon Dyer If that wasn't an April Fools joke, you picked the wrong day for your urgent request to me to post it ;-)

Re: Buy? Message #5 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 3 Apr 2003, 8:15 p.m., in response to message #4 by Dave Hicks ...of course it was an April fool... but my version was never posted!...sob... :-(

Re: Sure Message #6 Posted by Y K Wong (Singapore) on 1 Apr 2003, 7:40 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Dave, Is this another HP 67CX for April 2003 ;-) Cheers!

Re: Sure Message #7 Posted by Ernie Malaga (Miami) on 2 Apr 2003, 1:42 a.m., in response to message #6 by Y K Wong (Singapore) No, it isn't. Judging by its features, it ought to be called an HP-00! -Ernie

Re: Sure Message #8 Posted by Michael F. Coyle on 1 Apr 2003, 8:33 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Hey, a minimal calculator! (So what happened, ENTER wouldn't fit?) - Michael

Re: Sure Message #9 Posted by Michael Meyer on 1 Apr 2003, 9:42 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Nice.... but the exponential display would never happen... not on an 'ole 4-banger!

Re: Sure Message #10 Posted by Ernie Malaga (Miami) on 2 Apr 2003, 1:39 a.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Y E C C C H !!! I'll bet Messrs. Hewlett and Packard are turning in their graves! Have you taken your Valium recently, Dave? 8^) -Ernie

Re: Sure Message #11 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 2 Apr 2003, 3:31 a.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Hi Dave, nice thing! Soemhow reminds me of an old CBM 'RPN-like' calculator, the Minuteman 6* (6X*). Regards, Raymond

Re: Sure Message #12 Posted by Steve on 2 Apr 2003, 7:46 p.m., in response to message #11 by Raymond Del Tondo What's hard to see in this picture is that each key rotates on it's own axis and actually has EIGHT surfaces! There are all kinds of wonderful functions on those other surfaces!!!

Re: Sure Message #13 Posted by Dvaid Smith on 2 Apr 2003, 6:06 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Hicks Why does it have a CLX key? This machine is cleared by turning it over and shaking.

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #14 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 1 Apr 2003, 6:45 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gordon Dyer but at least mine was believable ....?

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #15 Posted by Mark on 1 Apr 2003, 6:55 p.m., in response to message #14 by Gordon Dyer And wouldn't you know it, some daring collector has put one up for auction on eBay. Bidding is up to $5364.01 and there's six days left on the auction! When will the madness end! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3601013990&category=4103

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #16 Posted by Mike on 1 Apr 2003, 9:48 p.m., in response to message #15 by Mark Bidding is up to $5364.01??? It's closed at $31 with no retractions or cancellations. What's with the $5364?

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #17 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 1 Apr 2003, 7:27 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gordon Dyer I think you all should know that the curator of this museum has decided to censor a Forum submission by adding an = key to a rare and valuable Woodstock. Has he had a lobotomy???

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #18 Posted by Daniel Sancho on 2 Apr 2003, 2:03 p.m., in response to message #17 by Gordon Dyer :-) Wonderfull Prototype. With 16 keys a good name for this machine is HP-16. It seems like another wonderful RPN machine: the National Semiconductor 600 (http://www.teclas.org/img/NationalSemiconductor_600_01.jpg), but with better quality. The NS-600 + key has also the ENTER function (there is no need to print on it an = ) OFFTOPIC: Anybody knows any electronic calculator with less keys?.

14 keys ! Message #19 Posted by Joerg Woerner on 2 Apr 2003, 4:39 p.m., in response to message #18 by Daniel Sancho Try thin one: http://www.datamath.org/Related/Corvus/CheckMaster.htm Adds and subtracts - no ENTER key ! Regards, Joerg

Re: HP-26 Prototype Found Message #20 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 3 Apr 2003, 2:29 a.m., in response to message #18 by Daniel Sancho The Mathbox has one key less, and is still a fully functional four-banger. Too bad it has terribly low quality keys... http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/novus_650__mathbox_.html Raymond

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