HP Forum Archive 14

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Help with indentifying this rare model Message #1 Posted by raze on 22 Apr 2004, 3:38 a.m. Hello All, I just go an HP bag that I have never seen before. The leather bag is the same quality of a calculator tanned leather case, but the size is too big for a regular calculator. But the logo is exactly of the vintage calculator leather bag. I wonder what type of bag is this? is this for a big calculator bag or a bowling bag? The shape and size matches a bowling bag, but this is a HP, and judging from inside, it is not a bowling bag becuase it has different compartments. Check the picture here: http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/acmeonline/HPbag.jpg I wonder if this one worth to eBay it. Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance, Raze

Re: Help with indentifying this rare model Message #2 Posted by Arnold Steekelenburg on 22 Apr 2004, 4:27 a.m., in response to message #1 by raze Hi Raze, This is a bag used to carry a HP-9x series calculator. These were calculators with built-in printer e.g. HP-97, the printer version of the HP-67.

Re: Help with indentifying this rare model Message #3 Posted by David Ramsey on 22 Apr 2004, 8:56 p.m., in response to message #1 by raze As another reply mentions, it's a bag for carrying a HP 9x series desk calculator-- the 91, 92, or 97. And it's VINYL, for heaven's sake, not leather. I'm amazed so many people can't distinguish plastic from cow skin. Every time I see one of these type cases on eBay it's advertised as "leather".

Re: Help with indentifying this rare model - "leatherette" Message #4 Posted by Bill Wiese on 22 Apr 2004, 10:54 p.m., in response to message #3 by David Ramsey Sometimes this fake leather is called "leatherette" - as in advertising for a product: "...comes with a nice leatherette carrying case." Large expanses of fake leather with cloth backing are sometimes called "naugahyde". So when your friends get a cheap leather-look sofa from Ikea, you can ask them, "How many Naugas did you skin to make that sofa?" ;) Bill

I think it's for the 9815A, not for the 9x Message #5 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 23 Apr 2004, 9:39 a.m., in response to message #3 by David Ramsey Hi, at least my 'leatherette' HP-97 bag looks quite different, and it only has one compartment inside: the one for the calculator, and the handle straps (?) don't go around the case. I think the bag on the photo is for another (heavier) machine, like the 9815A or alike. Raymond

Re: I think it's for the 9815A, not for the 9x Message #6 Posted by Dave on 23 Apr 2004, 10:43 a.m., in response to message #5 by Raymond Del Tondo Your right is not for the 9X series calcs.

Re: I think it's for the 9815A, not for the 9x Message #7 Posted by David Smith on 23 Apr 2004, 12:02 p.m., in response to message #5 by Raymond Del Tondo Without something for scale it is hard to tell what it goes with. It may be for a '97. There were some minor variations in the case design. I have a 9100A case and have seen a purported 9815 case, but they are off-white in color.

Re: I think it's for the 9815A, not for the 9x Message #8 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 23 Apr 2004, 2:24 p.m., in response to message #5 by Raymond Del Tondo I have one of the 9x original bags and it is not like this one. I 100% agree with Raymond's message.

Isn't the correct term for that stuff "Pleather"? Message #9 Posted by Wayne Stephens on 23 Apr 2004, 6:45 p.m., in response to message #3 by David Ramsey Take care. Wayne.

Re: How about "Feather" or "Leatheraux"? Message #10 Posted by Paul Brogger on 23 Apr 2004, 10:08 p.m., in response to message #9 by Wayne Stephens Faux leather. I think "leatheraux" sounds much more elegant than "leatherette". AND, I did a Google search on "leatheraux" and got ONE result! And that's a contraction/abbreviation serving as a qualification level in a web directory at a Korean chemicals firm (I believe). I may have just invented a word!

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