8 May
1997
8 May
'97
7:51 a.m.
> those are magnetic strips storing programs. you would read the strip in,
> then insert it in a special holder below the row of function keys on the
> calculator. you could label the strip so you remember what each function
> key is programmed for. HP first introduced this with the HP67 (pocket
Actually, the first HP _handheld_ with a card reader was the HP65, which
came out a couple of years before the HP67. I have both machines, and
they're very nice :-)
version) and
HP97 (desk version) and TI followed suit with their own
equivalent. This was probably vintage late 70's or early 80's?
Magnetic-card programming of calculators was certainly around before
then. My HP9100, for example, has a card reader/writer (though I've
never used it - anybody have any cards compatible with this nearly
3-decade-old classic?)
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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-tony
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The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill