HP Prime - worthy successor to HP-71B ?

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(02-05-2024 02:36 PM)KeithB Wrote:  There is no current market for calculator based instrument control.

Of all the handheld calculators/computers that HP has produced, the 41, 71 and 75 are in a separate class.
While the 41 could be called a hybrid/transitional handheld calculator/computer, the 71 and 75 are clearly handheld computers.
They are highly customizable, have advanced IO capabilities (HP-IL) & plenty of interfaces available.
The problem is that they are slow and have limited memory when compared to today computers.

The fact that manufacturing lines are still using NI TestStand & NI LabVIEW products today, means that there was/is a market for this type of device.
Several National Instruments products are very expensive, complex and not always reliable. I am pretty sure that lots of peoples would be interested in a reasonably priced Keysight modern instant-on programmable handheld computer with advanced IO (USB-C, Ethernet, WiFi, GPIB, etc.).

(02-05-2024 02:36 PM)KeithB Wrote:  Except, maybe, for Garth. 8^)

... and me.

Edit: HP Electronic Instruments Division spin-offs
Hewlett-Packard → Agilent Technologies → Keysight Technologies