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Intro / 9800 series questions / HP story
01-20-2015, 01:21 PM
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RE: Intro / 9800 series questions / HP story
(01-20-2015 07:06 AM)ekoblentz Wrote:  Hello world. I'm new here.

Background: I'm president of MARCH (Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists) which is a user group for vintage computing enthusiasts. We formed 10 years ago and have members spread out from New England to the Midwest to the Carolinas, but mostly we're within a few states of central New Jersey. Cental NJ is also where we have our bricks-and-mortar museum. It's co-located at the InfoAge Science Center. Among other things, we host the "annualish" Vintage Computer Festival East.

Tonight I have an HP calculator question and also a modest announcement for this community.

My question: did HP (or any other company) ever sell carrying cases for the 9830 or 9825?

As for the announcement .... several years ago I began writing a book about the history of mobile/portable computers. As part of that research, HP kindly gave me permission to re-publish the Gordon Dickson sci-fi story, "Thank you, Beep," originally published in the HP Calculator Journal (Digest), #5, 1979. I'm still working on the book. In the meantime, here is the Dickson story: http://www.snarc.net/pda/tybeep.htm.

Welcome to the MoHPC forum, I think you'll find much of interest here.

Jake and I attended the VCF East this past year, and found it far larger and more interesting than expected, and I heartily recommend attending to anyone in the region. LOTS of vintage stuff, including more HP machines (no calcs) than one might have excpected to see.

Is there any calculator activity within the group, and are there ever calculator exhibits? I scoured the sell/trade room pretty closely and didn't see much, but there may have been stuff before I attended on Sunday.

--Bob Prosperi
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