HP 41C solver problem

[hth]

(12-08-2017 06:58 PM)Dieter Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 05:13 PM)hth Wrote:  I am very sure I have that one too, so do not worry, you are normal.

Håkan

A battery box?! What does it look like?

My first HP-41C was a demo unit that came with four N-cells in its battery holder. I do not think any of the standard accessories were missing, but I cannot remember something like a battery box. So maybe one of you has a picture...?-)

Dieter

It is a small paper box that holds the 4 N cells, just the same size as the batteries side by side. I think I got a Duracell one. It was not a HP product, but as it came with the HP-41 in its box, it is also blessed.

I cannot provide a picture of that small paper box at the moment as it lives in a storage closet that is blocked from the outside by far more stuff than I care to move around.

Later on HP introduced the Coma mode on the Saturn, so those machines were delivered with the batteries installed. The Coma mode made the calculator not consume basically any power, which means the batteries were still new when the buyer opened her/his new treasure, months-years after it was manufactured.

Håkan