HP Forum Archive 21

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Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #1 Posted by Peter Murphy (Livermore) on 28 Aug 2013, 6:31 p.m. Dented and duct-taped, old HP calculators still beloved by planners: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-old-hp-calculators-20130826,0,3257353.story

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #2 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 28 Aug 2013, 7:43 p.m., in response to message #1 by Peter Murphy (Livermore) Not certain why they chose that guy for the 12C demo in the video. I'm even more shocked because he thinks the 12C was made in the 60s or 70s. I sure wish newspapers would both do their research and pick interviewees who know what their talking about.

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #3 Posted by Thomas Klemm on 28 Aug 2013, 10:28 p.m., in response to message #2 by Matt Agajanian Didn't watch the video but what's wrong with: Quote: HP introduced RPN calculators way back in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, HP released its best-known version, also called the HP 12C.

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #4 Posted by Peter Murphy (Livermore) on 28 Aug 2013, 10:48 p.m., in response to message #3 by Thomas Klemm The guy in the video thinks '60s or '70s for the 12C. The reporter got it right.

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #5 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 28 Aug 2013, 11:08 p.m., in response to message #4 by Peter Murphy (Livermore) And that was the point of inaccuracy I was referring to. Thanks for reinforcing my disappointment with the video.

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #6 Posted by Nick_S on 29 Aug 2013, 9:08 a.m., in response to message #2 by Matt Agajanian The guy in the video is clearly a user rather than an calculator enthusiast or collector, so why worry about a slip which was corrected by the reporter? He seemed to capture why the calculators were still popular in the financial field in a way that someone not raised on them could understand. This kind of publicity helps keep these old calculators alive through introducing them to new users. I for one was glad to get my HP 15c Limited Edition calculator as a recent by-product of the continued production of the HP 12C. Nick

Re: Los Angeles Times on the HP-12C Message #7 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 29 Aug 2013, 2:18 p.m., in response to message #6 by Nick_S Good point.

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