Re: Pure Horror Message #17 Posted by Namir on 14 Apr 2010, 11:29 a.m., in response to message #16 by geoff quickfall
Jeff,
This happened a year before I signed up with eBay and discovered that the vintage HP machine market is alive and well!! I do believe that my HP41-CX calculator could have been repaired and the plug-in modules to be working.
I kick myself whenever I think about that incident.
BTW .. I met with Dave Shaffer here in Flagstaff (where I am spending some time with my son). We met at the Lowell Observatory where he was working on a telescope setup. We had the chance to hear from another staff member about SOFI -- the special telescope project that is flown in a custom Boeing 747. The telescope is flown high enough to avoid atmospheric interference. We told the staff member that we belong to a calculator online community, which also includes an Air Canada pilot who is very much into using and restoring vintage HP calculators. I thought you might be a good candidate to fly the SOFI telescope.
:-)
Namir
Edited: 14 Apr 2010, 11:36 a.m.
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