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Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Mark Hardman - 09-25-2016 09:19 PM
In January of 2015, I posted that I had purchased copies of the three “Learning to use the HP-65” Training Videos and that I had successfully converted the ¾” U-Matic videos to a digital format. I had planned on making their contents available on YouTube. However, in that post I overstated the quality of that initial conversion. Saying “the results aren't exceptional” is the understatement of the year. Typical video quality looked like this:
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I let three other “hobbyist” services make the attempt at converting the tapes to digital. I still found the results horrible and useless. I had an unfortunate incident and had to take a year away from the Internet. After getting back on my feet (literally), I found a friend-of-a-friend that hooked me up with a private forensic service used by law-enforcement. Their results are as good as it's going to get. Rather than posting them to YouTube, I am providing a downloadable archive.
I hope you enjoy the results.
Learning to Use the HP-65 Videos - Courtesy Mark Hardman.zip (527,231 KB)
Enter Up!
Mark Hardman
Houston, TX
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - rprosperi - 09-25-2016 10:27 PM
(09-25-2016 09:19 PM)Mark Hardman Wrote: Their results are as good as it's going to get. Rather than posting them to YouTube, I am providing a downloadable archive.
I hope you enjoy the results.
Thanks for sharing Mark, will watch them during the coming week.
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Jlouis - 09-26-2016 12:25 PM
Mark,
Really thanks for your efforts to share with us these piece of history.
Although I don't have a physical HP 65, it is a pleasure watching it, and it's a gem for every RPN enthusiastic and old technology fan like me.
Once again thank you very much indeed.
Cheers
JL
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Sylvain Cote - 09-26-2016 01:46 PM
Hello Mark,
Thank you very much for your perseverant effort and for the generous gift, very appreciated.
Best regards,
Sylvain
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Brad Barton - 09-26-2016 03:03 PM
Mark,
Thank you for working on this from so many angles, and through such troubling times. Glad to hear you're back on your feet.
Brad
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Massimo Gnerucci - 09-26-2016 07:55 PM
Thank you very much from me, too, Mark.
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - aurelio - 09-26-2016 08:51 PM
Whow! Mark, what a precious gift
thank-you
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - TomC - 09-27-2016 03:21 PM
Mark:
Thanks very much for 'resurrecting' these videos - I had heard of them back over 40 years ago when I had purchased my 65. Only dreamed of ever seeing them!
Thanks again,
TomC
(09-25-2016 09:19 PM)Mark Hardman Wrote: In January of 2015, I posted that I had purchased copies of the three “Learning to use the HP-65” Training Videos and that I had successfully converted the ¾” U-Matic videos to a digital format. I had planned on making their contents available on YouTube. However, in that post I overstated the quality of that initial conversion. Saying “the results aren't exceptional” is the understatement of the year. Typical video quality looked like this:
I let three other “hobbyist” services make the attempt at converting the tapes to digital. I still found the results horrible and useless. I had an unfortunate incident and had to take a year away from the Internet. After getting back on my feet (literally), I found a friend-of-a-friend that hooked me up with a private forensic service used by law-enforcement. Their results are as good as it's going to get. Rather than posting them to YouTube, I am providing a downloadable archive.
I hope you enjoy the results.
Learning to Use the HP-65 Videos - Courtesy Mark Hardman.zip (527,231 KB)
Enter Up!
Mark Hardman
Houston, TX
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Don Shepherd - 09-27-2016 08:20 PM
Thank you very much, Mark, these are great. I also had heard of these instructional videos years ago in that funky pre-Beta format, but I never dreamed I would see them. I have enjoyed my 65 for years now and I look forward to going through these three videos. This is a real treasure!
Don
oh, by the way, the avi files work great on my Chromebook (don't even need Windows)
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Mark Hardman - 09-28-2016 01:26 AM
Something that I find delightful in the videos is the instructor's narration when the Enter key is used:
ENTER ↑
Which he pronounces throughout as, "Enter" ...pause... "Up".
It reminds me a bit of Victor Borge's "Phonetic Pronunciation" sketch.
Mark Hardman
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Don Shepherd - 09-28-2016 03:59 PM
I noticed that Roy Martin was listed in the credits of the videos as one of the technical contributors. I corresponded with him via mail a few years ago regarding the date range of the HP-12c calculator and he was very helpful in explaining why it included exactly 900,000 days, ending in the year 4046.
Those old HP engineers of the 70's were a breed apart.
RE: Learning to use the HP-65 Training Videos - Finally - Matt Agajanian - 09-03-2017 04:29 PM
Hi all.
During Part 3, there's a mention of a further video which covers programming the 65 in more detail.
Where might I find that on YouTube or elsewhere?
Thank you