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Book(s) related to HP calculators history ?
Message #1 Posted by Jean-Michel on 30 Oct 2007, 5:21 p.m.

Hi all,

has anyone ever heard about one, or several, book(s) related to HP calculators, concerning essentially the history of the brand generally speaking, and essentially of its calculators products, and not only the HP programming "languages"? Of course, I mean a/some book(s) in English, because I don't even imagine it may exist in French...Or am I wrong ?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Jean-Michel.

      
Re: Book(s) related to HP calculators history ?
Message #2 Posted by Allen on 30 Oct 2007, 5:46 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Jean-Michel

http://www.hpcalculatorguide.com/ is probably your best bet. There are some areas of the book that are not factual (e.g. subjective observations or authors opinion), but for the most part it is a very good historical reference. I have read nearly all of it, and would recommend it as part of any serious collector's library.

Edit: I should warn you, since it is a 5th edition, you will notice that the flow of the book is not smooth, since it is an expanded version, but not thoroughly revised. If you read it in one setting, you will notice the patch-work of chapters and will see some material repeated every 40 pages or so.

Edited: 30 Oct 2007, 5:54 p.m.

      
Re: Book(s) related to HP calculators history ?
Message #3 Posted by Walter B on 30 Oct 2007, 9:03 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Jean-Michel

Bonjour Jean-Michel,

I'd like to recommend "The HP Way". It covers HP's history up to the mid Nineties. Though not focussed on calculators, Dave Packard tells you a lot about the spirit of HP which IMHO is most important to understand the assets of "old HP" - after all, this was the company which created, developed and built all those nice tools we still admire today.

HTH,

Walter

Edited: 30 Oct 2007, 9:04 p.m.

            
Re: Book(s) related to HP calculators history ?
Message #4 Posted by Johnny Bjoern Rasmussen on 31 Oct 2007, 2:44 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Walter B

I am very happy to own "RCL 20: People, Dreams and HP Calculators" by Wlodek Mier-Jedzrejowicz and Frank Wales. The excellent book is available to members of the HPCC (http://www.hpcc.org) Handheld and Portable Computer Club at a discounted price. Contact Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz for details.

Johnny

Edited: 31 Oct 2007, 2:50 a.m.

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