17 Jun
2009
17 Jun
'09
1:43 p.m.
Annoyingly I realised I picked up an HP41C manual in a
charity shop a
few months back, too. If I'd remembered that I had a manual for it at
home I'd have picked it up straight away...
The HP41 is one of the best docuemtned calculators _ever_ (the HP71B and
HP75C are similarly well-documented -- documetiation including not just
excellent user manuals and applicaiton manuals, but also schematics, bus
information and ROM sources..). And much of the documetation is available
on the web.
Darn it, there's even an active user group for HP calculators in the UK,
and yes, the HP41 is still discussed at meetings.
Lack of documentation is never a reason not to buy an HP41 :-)
BTW, the HP41C is 30 years old this year....
-tony