Re: The 'Complete' Collection Message #3 Posted by Keith Midson on 11 May 2013, 7:35 p.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson
Thanks Dave.
I think I am like many of us on this forum - I started out with a few HP's that I used for work (engineering), so probably had about 5 calculators and pocket computers that were respected and well used. Then I inherited my grandfather's slide rule collection (again, a working collection) and realised how things had changed. I then became interested in collecting the HP35 and everything else ...
What I didn't expect was the evolution of the collection to include prototypes and other rarities. I really have to thank many of you for this journey, as i've met many of you through this forum - some of you have donated items to me, others have pointed me in the right direction, and some have been wonderful supporters.
It became important to me to document the collection through photographs - this all started with THIS PHOTO of the evolution of the HP-17B. I uploaded it for a forum article using another web upload service. Then I thought i'd use Flickr as it's easy (and i'm into PHOTOGRAPHY as well). I have been surprised how popular the photos have been.
So thank you all for your support.
Cheers, Keith
Edited: 11 May 2013, 9:01 p.m.
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