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CMT Products Message #1 Posted by Jeff Davis on 18 June 2008, 7:29 p.m. I have talked to the warehouse guy at CMT several times. He says that there is quite alot of CMT products still in the warehouse for the HP-71 and HP-41. He will not look for anything as it would take too long but he said money talks. I was wondering if all of us here on the forum would want to combine a huge lot of products for him to get, we may be able to bring the costs down significantly. I do not know how we could coordinate the shipments and payment but I just wanted to throw this out for discussion.

Re: CMT Products Message #2 Posted by Garth Wilson on 18 June 2008, 7:46 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Hasn't he ever heard of the unmentionable auction website? People want that stuff (including me)! I better pull out an old catalog.

Re: CMT Products Message #3 Posted by Egan Ford on 18 June 2008, 9:46 p.m., in response to message #2 by Garth Wilson Quote: I better pull out an old catalog. Can someone point me to a catalog online?

Re: CMT Products Message #4 Posted by Ken Shaw on 19 June 2008, 8:38 a.m., in response to message #3 by Egan Ford Found here: http://www.hparchive.com/hp_catalogs.htm (It occurs to me that these may be the wrong catalogs...) Edited: 19 June 2008, 8:51 a.m.

Re: CMT Products Message #5 Posted by Seth Morabito on 18 June 2008, 8:05 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Tell them we'll be happy to rummage through the warehouse for him when we're gathered in Corvallis for HHC2008! ;^)

Re: CMT Products Message #6 Posted by hpnut on 18 June 2008, 9:06 p.m., in response to message #5 by Seth Morabito Woohoo!an Aladdin's treasure trove of HP-71 and HP-41 stuff :-)

Re: CMT Products Message #7 Posted by Eric Smith on 18 June 2008, 9:21 p.m., in response to message #5 by Seth Morabito Worth a try, but people rummaging through their warehouse is exactly what most companies don't want.

Re: CMT Products Message #8 Posted by Jeff Davis on 18 June 2008, 10:01 p.m., in response to message #7 by Eric Smith I dont think that he will allow us to ravage the inventory. But what I think is that, if we decide that we want to order a large quantity of product, this will reduce the cost as well as the time involved for him.

Re: CMT Products Message #9 Posted by Jeff Davis on 19 June 2008, 8:05 a.m., in response to message #8 by Jeff Davis Here is a breif list of the CMT products. Please feel free to add any that are not here CMT 32k (front port 71) CMT 64k (Card Reader port 71) CMT 128k (Card Reader port 71) CMT 32k EPROM (Front port 71) CMT 64k EPROM (Front port 71) CMT EPROM Box 41 EPROM's 41 Corvaillis Port Extender 4100 Corvaillis CT HP 3468 A/B Multimeter CMT 100 Application Module Simulator 41 CMT 110 Custom ROM Development tool 41 CMT 200 Data acq. Control Unit CMT 300 Programmable Measurement System 41 CMT 16k EPROM 41 CMT 71 P01 EPROM Programmer CMT HPIL RamDrive 512K 71 Maybe we should put a spreadsheet together and propose what everyone wants to the CMT people? Let me know what you think.

Re: CMT Products Message #10 Posted by Garth Wilson on 19 June 2008, 12:49 p.m., in response to message #9 by Jeff Davis Their 71 card-reader-port RAM modules went in 32K increments up to 160K IIRC. I drooled over that biggest one when it was in the EduCalc catalog, but I had to set myself a budget and I ended up with the 96K. I also have their 64K front-port RAM. They had a CR-32/32 which was a card-reader-port 32K RAM and 32K OTP EPROM, the 71-PO1 EPROM programmer, front-port EPROM modules for HP-75, and the CMT-71 waterproof case for the 71, which, with its built-in heater, could be used with the big rechargeable-battery waist belt so surveyors could do their field work down to -40 deg. This is from my EduCalc catalog #35. Looking in a CMT Hand-Held Solutions magazine from Jan '88, I see also the Multicase which was similar to the waterproof case mentioned above but also included a 64x240 dot LCD, a 128K mass-storage device, 82164A-compatible RS-232 interface, and status indicators.

Re: CMT Products Message #11 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 19 June 2008, 2:05 p.m., in response to message #10 by Garth Wilson I had two units of the CMT Multicase, and still have one unit. I showed that unit on the latest Allschwil meeting, to demonstrate the direct connection and three-way data transfer between the simultaneously connected HP-71 (of course), an HP-41CY, and an HP-48GX which was connected on the serial port. To make things even funnier, I could also have connected the HP-48 using my W&W Serial-to-HPIL interface;-) For the 32/32 RAM/EPROM module you mentionnned: Are you sure CMT made these, too? I know that HHP (HandHeld Products) made these, since I have some here;-)

Re: CMT Products Message #12 Posted by Allen on 19 June 2008, 7:19 p.m., in response to message #9 by Jeff Davis I am very interested in the CMT EPROM Programming fixture. It has an standard 28 PIN DIP interface for the Data I/O 21A Eprom Programmer and a series of 32Pin PLCC pogo pins to hold captive the CMT-10 EPROM (Shown below). Mathias has a picture of the fixture here: http://www.hp-collection.org/photos/CMT_Programmer.jpg ( From http://www.hp-collection.org/41accessories.html ) CMT-10 Eprom with Zengrange Voltage converter and ZEPROMS

Re: CMT Products Message #13 Posted by Jeff Davis on 19 June 2008, 7:23 p.m., in response to message #9 by Jeff Davis Ok, I spoke to the guy again and he said that if we have firm numbers for the quantities of each item, he will search for the units. Please send me a personal e-mail with the quantities of which items you would like. I will put together a fax to send to this guy. He is only interested in doing this if this is a firm commitment. My e-mail is thecoltsman2006@yahoo.com. He said that there will be some items that are not available, some items may only have 1 or 2 left. I will place the date next to your request and then you will have priority over later dates if there are conflicts. He said that we will discuss item costs after he knows what is available. He said that with a large purchase there would be a good discount. Once the list is established, I will send it to each of you. Please do not ask for something that you cannot pay for. As a group we need to figure out how to coordinate the money transfers. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks, Jeff

Re: CMT Products Message #14 Posted by Paul Dale on 19 June 2008, 7:29 p.m., in response to message #13 by Jeff Davis So we're to commit to buying something without knowing the price? - Pauli

Re: CMT Products Message #15 Posted by Jeff Davis on 19 June 2008, 8:40 p.m., in response to message #14 by Paul Dale I think he needs to know that if he has the items and we agree on price, that his efforts to find the items will not be futile.

Re: CMT Products Message #16 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 20 June 2008, 12:36 a.m., in response to message #15 by Jeff Davis Of which level of 'effort' are we talking here? It would be nice to know beforehand whether an item is available or not. Currently it seems to look like collecting bids on a private auction without even knowing whether any of the item(s) exist or not.

Re: CMT Products Message #17 Posted by Jeff Davis on 20 June 2008, 7:18 a.m., in response to message #16 by Raymond Del Tondo Raymond, if we have a list of items that we want, he will search the warehouse to find them. All he is asking is that we are serious about buying. When he finds the items, I plan to get his "initial" cost and open the discussion here as to what the real cost should be and then discuss this with him. This is my plan and I am open for suggestions.

Re: CMT Products Message #18 Posted by Paul Dale on 18 June 2008, 9:13 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis I'm mildly interested. My two 71s both need a memory expansion pretty badly. - Pauli

Re: CMT Products Message #19 Posted by leon on 18 June 2008, 10:12 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Hello i would like to know what is CMT thanks

Re: CMT Products Message #20 Posted by Chris Foley on 19 June 2008, 4:21 a.m., in response to message #19 by leon Quote: Hello i would like to know what is CMT thanks Corvallis Microtechnology Inc isn't it?

Re: CMT Products Message #21 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 19 June 2008, 10:35 a.m., in response to message #20 by Chris Foley EduCALC carried some (all?) of the CMT products. Here's one of their catalogs from 1988.

Re: CMT Products Message #22 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 19 June 2008, 8:46 p.m., in response to message #21 by Katie Wasserman katie; while you're going back in time, page 48 to 71 - i'll take one of each, the cmt, pod and maptech. no fries. thanks.

Re: CMT Products Message #23 Posted by PeterP on 20 June 2008, 10:27 a.m., in response to message #22 by db (martinez, ca.) me too. Icewater with lemon on the side...

Re: CMT Products Message #24 Posted by Egan Ford on 19 June 2008, 2:03 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Very interested.

Re: CMT Products Message #25 Posted by Sean Connor on 21 June 2008, 5:44 p.m., in response to message #24 by Egan Ford Definately interested in CMT 32k (front port 71) Sean

Re: CMT Products Message #26 Posted by Jeff Davis on 21 June 2008, 7:01 p.m., in response to message #25 by Sean Connor Please send me an e-mail and I will add you to the list.

Re: CMT Products Message #27 Posted by Vladan Dugaric on 7 July 2008, 10:17 a.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Very interested too. Vladan

Re: CMT Products Message #28 Posted by Vladan Dugaric on 7 July 2008, 10:18 a.m., in response to message #27 by Vladan Dugaric Also, it would be great if CMT had (or pointed us to the source of) paper-thin batteries for their 32K front port RAM module for 71 (can't find them and the original ones are long dead). Vladan

Re: CMT Products Message #29 Posted by Gene Wright on 7 July 2008, 12:21 p.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis Does seem a bit odd to collect these things without any idea of a price. I fear you'll have quite a few people who bail because they find out the price is $X after a search and they were expecting a price of $Y. I am interested in some items but if prices are near original list, then I am not too interested. Tough call! Edited: 7 July 2008, 12:26 p.m.

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