Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-07-18 Thread Ian Finder via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 12:07 AM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > Good hear it stood the test of time! As an HP PC dealer in the 80s > into early 90s we ha a calculator contract with HP also and... > we sold the heck out of them! > > Is it the only one of the 10 series calcs that stayed in pr

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-04-03 Thread Ed via cctalk
Good hear it stood the test of time! As an HP PC dealer in the 80s into early 90s we ha a calculator contract with HP also and... we sold the heck out of them! Is it the only one of the 10 series calcs that stayed in production? I have a set of the special demo versions that wer

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-04-02 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017, Ed via cctalk wrote: That is an undertaking indeed! I had not seen this Ed# Someone said the 12c was still being made? The 12c never went out of production. It has been continuously updated. A lot of bankers, insurance people, etc still rely on them. -- David G

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-04-02 Thread Ed via cctalk
That is an undertaking indeed! I had not seen this Ed# Someone said the 12c was still being made? In a message dated 4/2/2017 9:00:53 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: A few months ago I had a prototype of this 42S clone in my hands. It looked and fel

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-04-02 Thread Jürgen Keller via cctalk
A few months ago I had a prototype of this 42S clone in my hands. It looked and felt very promising! I’ll will buy one when it will be available. For those of you who are interested, please follow the discussions on hpmuseum.org forum. Jurgen > Am 10.03.2017 um 16:34 schri

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-03-12 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
On March 10, 2017 8:59:15 AM PST, Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote: >That looks quite nice. I wonder what the buttons actually feel like; >that >seems to be one thing that HP has been generally unable to recreate >since >the 42s and 48GX. > >Despite keeping my 49g+ in its leather case, one of the butto

Re: New HP42s clone almost available

2017-03-10 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
That looks quite nice. I wonder what the buttons actually feel like; that seems to be one thing that HP has been generally unable to recreate since the 42s and 48GX. Despite keeping my 49g+ in its leather case, one of the buttons managed to break from carrying it in my backpack years ago. I've nev

New HP42s clone almost available

2017-03-10 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
There's a Swiss guy who's made a name for himself by producing working replicas of classic HP calculators. See https://www.swissmicros.com/. I recently discovered his post on Youtube a video showing off an enhanced replica of my favorite HP calculator, the HP42s. This one is called the DM4