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[Jake Schwartz]

Hi,

Perhaps this is slightly unrelated, but back around 1980, after having already owned an HP-67 and 41C, I happened to meet a guy who had an HP-65 for sale for $100. I had never owned one (because it was just too expensive when new) and thought I'd take him up on the offer, just to play with one for the first time. I had it for a week or so, getting a good bit of enjoyment from it, when someone else was passing through at my place of employment, who said that he had developed a whole bunch of programs for his HP-65 but it had been stolen and he was desperate to get a replacement. He indicated that he'd be happy to pay as much as $300. for one. It was a weird coincidence that I had one for the first time right at that moment. In any case, I felt bad for the guy and offered to sell mine for $150 and he jumped at the chance. I guess it turned out to be a "win-win", in that he got his needs satisfied for half of what he offered, and I ended up getting to play with the machine for a week and profited $50. in the process.

Jake