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Back in 75... - Didier Lachieze - 08-04-2021 05:00 PM See the new 25 But no more 35 Only the 45 It’s time for the 55 And space for the 65 Back in 75 … Pocket Calculator Buyers Guide - Fall 75.pdf Enjoy! Interestingly the illustrations in this catalog are composed like museum paintings, each calculator is presented on a full page with three accessories associating the calculator to a specific application or environment (in order of appearance):
(Previously published on the french Silicium forum, English version for people here interested in these early HP calculators). RE: Back in 75... - Matt Agajanian - 08-04-2021 06:16 PM I’d like to get the brochure. Tried to download it. No go. Just a one page doc all in black. Any chance you could format it as a PDF? Thanks. RE: Back in 75... - J-F Garnier - 08-04-2021 06:38 PM Wonderful brochure ! Interesting, we now tend to think about the Classic then the Woodstock then the Spice series (and so on) , but at the time it was usual for two (or more) families to be on sale. Here we see the HP-55 and the HP-25, that are objectively quite close, presented with distinctive features (the art of marketing...). 1975 was also about the time when I met the HP calculators and RPN for the first time, and it was a HP-35 at the INSA-Lyon (French engineering school). One unique HP-35 for a classroom, and a short course on how to use it. J-F RE: Back in 75... - PANAMATIK - 08-04-2021 07:29 PM I really would like to read this brochure, but reading this document online is a pain, because Google Ads covers the lower part of the screen and cannot be removed, and after increasing the size, until I can read the small text, I have to scroll horizontally every line. Any pdf reader would provide a much more comfortable reading. Bernhard RE: Back in 75... - Massimo Gnerucci - 08-04-2021 07:41 PM (08-04-2021 07:29 PM)PANAMATIK Wrote: I really would like to read this brochure, but reading this document online is a pain, because Google Ads covers the lower part of the screen and cannot be removed, and after increasing the size, until I can read the small text, I have to scroll horizontally every line. You can download the single JPGs via calameo.download There are other Calameo downloaders, but this is the only one that worked for me. RE: Back in 75... - ijabbott - 08-04-2021 08:04 PM (08-04-2021 07:41 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:(08-04-2021 07:29 PM)PANAMATIK Wrote: I really would like to read this brochure, but reading this document online is a pain, because Google Ads covers the lower part of the screen and cannot be removed, and after increasing the size, until I can read the small text, I have to scroll horizontally every line. That was also my first port of call, but the downloaded JPEG files seem to have more artifacts than the original images as viewed on calameo. RE: Back in 75... - Massimo Gnerucci - 08-04-2021 08:48 PM (08-04-2021 08:04 PM)ijabbott Wrote:(08-04-2021 07:41 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote: You can download the single JPGs via calameo.download I knew I already saw it... :) It is available on the Museum's USB key: /data/cd16/ads/1975buyg.pdf RE: Back in 75... - Didier Lachieze - 08-04-2021 10:14 PM I've added a link to the pdf file in the first post. It's a different scan than the one on the Museum USB key. RE: Back in 75... - rprosperi - 08-04-2021 10:40 PM This is indeed one of the very best of the many catalogs HP issued in the 70's. Sadly, greedy sellers on eBay will acquire one of these catalogs, and cut them up to list separate model-by-model "original ad pages" for $20-40/each. An inglorious end for such a great catalog... RE: Back in 75... - Gene - 08-04-2021 11:25 PM I have this brochure, and might sell it one picture at a time, given Bob's suggestion (thanks Bob!). (j/k) However, the pictures in this catalog leave a lot to be desired. The angle of the shots is awful for the blue functions on the front of the keys. You can't make them out at all nearly on the HP-21 and HP-25. HP learned I think from this, but ugh. Gene RE: Back in 75... - ThomasF - 08-06-2021 05:45 AM As an homage to the "poem" by Didier in his original post, I remember a photo I took some weeks ago, it contains all the HP-x5 calculators I have that was ever made ... [attachment=9707] Apart from the classics - there is also the HP-15C and the HP-35s. (To be honest I'm missing the HP-25C, but I could have included the three variants of the HP-35 instead ...) Some will probably disagree - but the HP-95C was never released to public - and the HP-75C was not from the HP calculator division ... nor do I own any of these either ... Cheers, Thomas RE: Back in 75... - Marco Polo - 08-06-2021 08:31 AM (08-04-2021 05:00 PM)Didier Lachieze Wrote: Back in 75 …It is very sad to read how accurate was the design and testing in such products compared with the current production.... RE: Back in 75... - aurelio - 08-06-2021 10:13 AM Wonderful brochure, Didier, and thank you for the precise reading you made of it, accurately remembering the characteristics and destination of each calculator, recalling the atmosphere of a bygone era, of which many here, like me, are nostalgic RE: Back in 75... - aurelio - 08-06-2021 10:17 AM (08-04-2021 11:25 PM)Gene Wrote: However, the pictures in this catalog leave a lot to be desired. The angle of the shots is awful for the blue functions on the front of the keys. You can't make them out at all nearly on the HP-21 and HP-25. Hi Gene, I think the best pictures of HP calculators are the ones on this our beloved site. |