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Collection is online Message #1 Posted by Keith Midson on 22 Mar 2011, 12:21 a.m. Hi all, i've been busy uploading a portion of my collection onto Flickr recently. Originally I intended to just upload my clear cased HP's, but i've added many of my HP's, some Sharps and Casios as well. I thought it would be better to share this with everyone than just have it all sitting in my office. I will keep uploading photos over the next few months or so. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60529780@N02/ Enjoy! Cheers, Keith Edited: 22 Mar 2011, 12:22 a.m.

Re: Collection is online Message #2 Posted by John Robinson on 22 Mar 2011, 1:55 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson Nice collection Keith !! Cheers, John

Re: Collection is online Message #3 Posted by Jim Yohe on 22 Mar 2011, 3:30 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson Yes a very nice photographic spread of your calculator collection. :-)

Re: Collection is online Message #4 Posted by Johnny Bjoern Rasmussen on 22 Mar 2011, 6:32 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson I am speechless :-D

Re: Collection is online Message #5 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 22 Mar 2011, 1:53 p.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson Beautiful collection! I especially like the clear cased prototypes. I also have a Sharp PC-1211 that is still functional, however, sadly the orange LCD display is bleeding badly. I did find a Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer (made by Sharp for Radio Shack) with a good display to replace it. I also have the Sharp CE-122 Printer and Cassette Interface for it. I didn't see any Woodstocks in your Flickr photos; do you have any? No collection would be complete without a few Woodstock models.

Re: Collection is online Message #6 Posted by Keith Midson on 22 Mar 2011, 4:02 p.m., in response to message #5 by Michael de Estrada Thanks Michael, the Woodstocks are coming! I've got a 21, 25, 27 & 29c to upload. Also got the Tandy/Radio Shack series - my first pocket computer was the PC8 in about 1988 - probably the worst one of the series! Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #7 Posted by Keith Midson on 22 Mar 2011, 7:08 p.m., in response to message #5 by Michael de Estrada There you go Michael - just added 25, 27 & 29C. I should have transferred the battery pack from the 27 to show the others working. I might even put up a non-HP RPN or a TI just to mix it up. Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #8 Posted by Xavier A. (Brazil) on 22 Mar 2011, 8:49 p.m., in response to message #7 by Keith Midson Very nice collection! Congratulations! BTW, I am intending to store/show some HP calcs in wood boxes, and wondering what type of inner foam I could use. Keith, how did you get your HP-12c woodcase (or did it, or transform it, etc.)? I would be very happy to read you about this particular aspect of your collector habits.

Re: Collection is online Message #9 Posted by Keith Midson on 22 Mar 2011, 9:12 p.m., in response to message #8 by Xavier A. (Brazil) Thanks Xavier, I bought this from TAS a few years ago from someone in the UK. They had a few of them and they were a promotional HP special from memory. It was quite expensive for a humble 12C - I will post another photo of it for you. The foam is quite firm and is covered in a black silk. Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #10 Posted by Xavier A. (Brazil) on 22 Mar 2011, 9:37 p.m., in response to message #9 by Keith Midson Thank you for this answer. Well, if I have to spend some time on building a wood case, I might understand this work got its price, above all for a perfect result! My problem is now to understand foam "industry", or "know-how". Is it complex/easy to do? What does it require as material/machines, etc.? Can it be found easily? and so on... I would appreciate your new picture, thank you.

Re: Collection is online Message #11 Posted by Keith Midson on 22 Mar 2011, 10:11 p.m., in response to message #10 by Xavier A. (Brazil) Sounds like a good plan. I've uploaded some more photos that give you a better idea. Interestingly I keep a large portion of my collection in high quality wooden chocolate boxes. Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #12 Posted by Xavier A. (Brazil) on 23 Mar 2011, 7:44 a.m., in response to message #11 by Keith Midson Nice picture, thank you Keith.

Re: Collection is online Message #13 Posted by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) on 23 Mar 2011, 12:26 p.m., in response to message #11 by Keith Midson High quality chocolate or high quality boxes!? Might help get the wife on board for adding to your collection! Nice pictures - I teach PHOTO 101 occasionally at the local university and know how hard it is to get such nice lighting. Do you use a light box, soft box, photo diffusers, or ...?

Re: Collection is online Message #14 Posted by Keith Midson on 24 Mar 2011, 3:44 a.m., in response to message #13 by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) Thanks Dave, they are just happy snaps from within my office! The diffuse lifting is a combination of natural light from the nearby windows and flouro lights above. You can actually see the reflection of the flouro lights in some of the photos. I do a bit of photography though - one of my other hobbies. Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #15 Posted by Keith Midson on 24 Mar 2011, 3:46 a.m., in response to message #13 by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) ... And the boxes are wood - they used to have German chocolates in them. My wife's parents own two boutique chocolate shops, so life is good! Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #16 Posted by Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove on 23 Mar 2011, 9:09 p.m., in response to message #11 by Keith Midson Those are nice pictures indeed. Can I make one suggestion? Use a tripod and decrease the aperture of your camera (i.e. increase the f-number) to increase the depth of field (DOF). All the keys, as well as the screen of the calculator should be reasonably sharp. Something like f/9 or f/11 should do, depending on your distance to the object.

Re: Collection is online Message #17 Posted by Keith Midson on 24 Mar 2011, 3:48 a.m., in response to message #16 by Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove Hi Jeroen, I will do this. Some pictures I took in a hurry (especially the Woodstocks which I took for Michael!). I've got the tripod in the office now and have another batch of calculators lined up for photos. Cheers, Keith

Re: Collection is online Message #18 Posted by dinamarco on 23 Mar 2011, 9:15 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson congratulations.. your collection is wonderfull.... the wood box is perfect...

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