Re: HP-41 Beer Brewing Computer Message #6 Posted by Bill (Smithville, NJ) on 29 Aug 2011, 7:26 a.m., in response to message #5 by Calum Tait
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I would imagine any software would have been removed as this would contain details of ingredient ratios and timings which would be trade secrets.
You would think so. But.... If the calculator was being disposed of by an employee, then the code "might" still be there. We could only hope.
It is amazing how much stuff gets sold with data still intact. I have bought used cell phones from a supplier in Hong Kong where the phones came with all the phone numbers, phone call history, etc, still intact. No attempt was made to erase or reset the phones.
A few years ago, I picked up a tablet computer that still had the database code for a hospital system. And also picked up a tablet computer that had the programs for crash reporting for a police department. While the programs were there, neither had stored data on them. The actual data would have been transmitted to a central computer for storage.
So it would not surprise me if a calculator gets sold with the code still intact.
Bill
Edited: 29 Aug 2011, 10:26 a.m.
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