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Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #1 Posted by hecube on 8 Sept 2009, 9:38 p.m.

Any ideas?

      
Re: Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #2 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 9 Sept 2009, 12:48 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by hecube

Yep,

The Hp-65: superstar in the french movie "L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres, 1973" from Gérard Pirès.

It is originally a book written by Walter Kempley: The Probability Factor

You will find a very nice description of the film on Noël Jouenne's website.

Fluency in french compulsory.

Best regards

Etienne

            
Re: Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #3 Posted by Namir on 9 Sept 2009, 1:14 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Etienne Victoria

Yes sir!!! I remember seeing it in Limoges, France, in 1978. on a Sunday afternoon at the hotel's main lobby TV. I was sitting in the lobby and watching TV and boom ... came that movie. I almost fell off my chair--here I am watching a movie about the HP-65!!!

Thanks for bringing the memory.

Namir

Edited: 9 Sept 2009, 1:15 a.m.

      
Re: Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #4 Posted by DaveJ on 9 Sept 2009, 3:17 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by hecube

There is a sketch drawing of what is clearly a HP calc used in a current beer ad in Australia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=886H3CXYR5o&feature=related

Dave.

            
Re: Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #5 Posted by hecube on 9 Sept 2009, 11:50 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by DaveJ

Very funny ad! You have to pinch yourself watching this because they get all the mid-80s stylings perfectly.

      
TV commercials
Message #6 Posted by Juergen Keller on 9 Sept 2009, 3:46 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by hecube

Here you can find some TV commercials:
hpmuseum.net
Enjoy!

      
Re: Out of curiosity, HP calculators in movies or TV series?
Message #7 Posted by Klaus on 9 Sept 2009, 6:53 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by hecube

I think we had a similar thread some years ago, and I remember a quick appearence of a HP-48 in "The Specialist" (1994).

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