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The worst condition 15C? Message #1 Posted by Keith Midson on 15 Oct 2013, 10:28 p.m. Hi all, I remember some time ago this was discussed on this forum, but i've found a great example of a worn out but fully functional HP-15C HERE !! It still works fine, although some of the keys take a bit of pressing. The back plate has gone, as have most of the rubber feet. The battery compartment was heavily corroded, so I had to remove the green residue to get it to power up.

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #2 Posted by Han on 15 Oct 2013, 11:48 p.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson Quote: Hi all, I remember some time ago this was discussed on this forum, but i've found a great example of a worn out but fully functional HP-15C HERE !! It still works fine, although some of the keys take a bit of pressing. The back plate has gone, as have most of the rubber feet. The battery compartment was heavily corroded, so I had to remove the green residue to get it to power up. "It's just a flesh wound!" :-)

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #3 Posted by Keith Midson on 16 Oct 2013, 12:26 a.m., in response to message #2 by Han An eBay description might just say something like "minor scratches and some signs of use".

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #4 Posted by John Richards on 16 Oct 2013, 12:46 a.m., in response to message #3 by Keith Midson Or just as likely, NEAR MINT (no returns).

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #5 Posted by Keith Midson on 16 Oct 2013, 1:00 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson An image of an original mint condition 1982 15C, compared to this worn out version and a new 15CLE is HERE

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #6 Posted by Nick_S on 16 Oct 2013, 4:53 a.m., in response to message #5 by Keith Midson Wear on voyager calculators is like the brassing on Leica M cameras, they just keep going no matter how battle-scarred they appear. Nick

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #7 Posted by Keith Midson on 16 Oct 2013, 5:31 a.m., in response to message #6 by Nick_S I like that correlation Nick!

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #8 Posted by Torsten on 16 Oct 2013, 9:31 a.m., in response to message #1 by Keith Midson What really impresses me is that the key caps do not look worn out at all. I can not remember a modern keyboard of that quality!

Re: The worst condition 15C? Message #9 Posted by walter b on 16 Oct 2013, 10:41 a.m., in response to message #8 by Torsten That's the difference between double shot and print. d:-)

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